View of Dante Alley, taken from Tunnel Street, looking towards Sixth Avenue in the Hump District. Bricks are piled up on the sidewalk, waiting to be used in road construction. A huge advertisement for Eaton Co. Undertakers can be seen in the distance. 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.
