The Pittsburgh Publicity Company

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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.
June 7th, 1913
Location
Downtown
Address
429 Scrip Alley
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
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Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL
Subjects
Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Maintenance and repair.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Blue collar workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Lemon Alley (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Scrip Alley (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Identifier
715.131320.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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  • Jonathan over 13 years ago

    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):
    http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-...

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