View of Fifth Avenue, showing the original and modified incline grade after the "hump" cut. Visible in the background are the Frick Building, the Carnegie Building, and Anchor Bank. The "hump" cut took place in the downtown area 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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Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Public works--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Hump District (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Anchor Bank (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Frick Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Carnegie Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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715.133142.CP
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Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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