View of construction during the hump removal project at the southwest corner of Lemon Alley and Scrip Alley looking east, showing the Pittsburgh Publicity Company, a printing company. 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.
1914 map showing Lemon Alley & Scrip Alley (though the description sounds and looks like the intersection of Lemon & Cherry, which exists today and is tagged):
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1914 map showing Lemon Alley & Scrip Alley (though the description sounds and looks like the intersection of Lemon & Cherry, which exists today and is tagged):
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