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Frederick Law
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report to the
Pittsburgh Civic Commission

"Pittsburgh:
Main Thoroughfares and The
Down Town District"
1910

00 Cover Page

00 Contents

01 Down Town
   District

02 Main
   Thoroughfares

03 Surveys and
   a City Plan

04 Parks and
   Recreation
   Facilities

05 Special
   Reports

06 Index


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Pittsburgh: Main Thoroughfares and The Down Town District
Frederick Law Olmsted report to The Pittsburgh Civic Commission, 1910


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Fifth Avenue - Center Avenue Connections at Soho, 61, 62.

Forbes Street - Fifth Avenue Connection at Soho, 60, 61.

Forbes Strect Artery, 47-49, 60, 61.

Forbes Street Extension, 72, 73.

Forty-third Street Bridge, 59.

Full Report (Allegheny River Bridges), 134-165.

General Map of the Pittsburgh District, Facing page 1.

General Plan of Down Town District, Facing page 9.

Glenwood Bridge, 64, 65.

Grade Crossings, 10, 56, 57, 59, 64, 71, 75, 78, 79, 80.

Grant Boulevard, 106-108.

Grant Boulevard Extension, 11.

Greenfield and Squirrel Hill Extension, 64.

Greenfield Avenue Connection, 64.

Greensburg Pike, 74.

Greensburg Pike South of Turtle Creek, 74.

Guyasuta Park, 120.

Haights Run Bridge, 59.

Haights Run Thoroughfare, 67, 68.

Haights Run Valley Park, 121, 122.

Hamilton Avenue Extension, 65, 66.

Hazelwood Grade Crossing, 64.

Highway Bridges, 141-144, 160, 161.

Hillsides, Steep, 109-112.

Howley Street Connection, 58.

"Hump Cut," The, 10, 11, 128-132.

Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements, 88-91.

Introduction, 1-4.

Introduction (Allegheny River Bridges), 133

Lang Avenue Connection, 83.

Larimer Avenue Extension, 66.

Letter of Transmissal, XI.

Lowry's Lane, 77.

Main Arteries (Main Thoroughfares), 44-56.

Main Arteries (The Down Town District), 5, 6.

Main Street Grade Crossing, 79.

Main Thoroughfares, 31-92.

Management and Cost of Surveys, 98.

Maps of Surveys, 96-98.

Market Street Widening, 17, 18.

Market, The, 18, 123-128.

Meadow Street Connection, 68.

Millvale Playground, 118.

Millvale Thoroughfare, 78.

Modern Type of Boats for Non-tidal Rivers, 151-153.

Monongahela Hillside Thoroughfare, 62, 63.

Moultrie Street Playground, 117.

Mt. Washington Hillside, 122.

Murray Avenue Ertension, 69, 70.

Need for Surveys, Pittsburgh's, 93, 94.

Negley Run Boulevard, 66.

Negley Run Parkway, 121.

Neighborbood Parks, 113-116.

New York Surveys, 98, 99.

Nine Mile Run Park, 119, 120.

North Side Improvements, 75-77.

Objects to Be Secured by Surveys, 94, 95.

Ohio Street, East, 77.

Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements, 56-92. (Index, 88-91.) (Map, 92.)

Park Opportunities, Special, 117-122.

Parks and Recreation Facilities, 101-122.

Parks, General Discussion, 113-117.

Penn Avenue Artery, 44-46.

Penn-Liberty Connection at Howley Street, 58.

Piers and Channels, 153-157.

Plan for tbe Proposed Hump Cut, 129.

Point, The Improvements of the, 29, 30.

Purpose of the Report, XIII.

Railroad Bridges, 144, 145,161, 162.

Rankin Improvement, 72.

Rankin Playground, 118, 119.

Recommendations (Allegheny River Bridges), 133, 134, 159, 160.

Recommendations, Specific (Main Arteries), 44-56.

Recommendations, Specific (Outlying Thoroughfares), 56-92.

Recommendations, Urgent, 2, 3.

River Traffic, 138-140, 162-165.

Rural Parks, 116, 117.

Sample Maps, 98.

Sassafras Street Outlet, 58.

Sawmill Run Hillside Thoroughfare, 83, 84.

Sawmill Run Parkway, 119.

Sawmill Run Thoroughfare, 81, 82.

Second Avenue Extension, 70, 71.

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