View of Ross Street, from Diamond Street to Fourth Avenue, in the Hump District. A sign on a building on the right reads, "Entrance to Courthouse Annex and Marriage License Office." The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext&view=toc&idno=00aep1324m for more information.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Subjects
Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Maintenance and repair.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Ross Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Identifier
715.133514.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
