Chapter I: Front Matter

PITTSBURGH

MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE
DOWN TOWN DISTRICT

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_PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION_

PITTSBURGH

MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE
DOWN TOWN DISTRICT

IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO
MEET THE CITY'S PRESENT AND
FUTURE NEEDS

A Report

BY

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Prepared under the direction of The Committee on City Planning

ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION
DECEMBER, 1910

324 FOURTH AVENUE FEBRUARY, 1911

_Publication No. 8_

PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION

H. D. W. ENGLISH President
J. W. KINNEAR First Vice-President
JOHN W. BEATTY Second Vice-President
H. J. HEINZ Third Vice-President
J. J. DONNELL Treasurer
ALLEN T. BURNS General Secretary

O. H. ALLERTON
T. E. BILLQUIST
CHARLES F. CHUBB
WILLIAM L. JONES
MORRIS KNOWLES
H. L. KREUSLER
JOSEPH W. MARSH
MARCUS RAUH
GEORGE R. WALLACE
CHARLES F. WELLER

COMMITTEE ON CITY PLANNING

T. E. BILLQUIST, Chairman
CHARLES F. CHUBB
BENNO JANSSEN
H. J. HEINZ
RICHARD KIEHNEL
E. K. MORSE

Copyright, 1911
By Pittsburgh Civic Commission

Mount Pleasant Press
J. Horace McFarland Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Dedication

THIS BOOK AND ITS CONTENTS ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE CITIZENS OF PITTSBURGH WHO, IMBUED WITH CIVIC PRIDE AND THE VISION OF A CITY USEFUL, CONVENIENT, ECONOMICAL AND HEALTHFUL, AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL, WILL, IN THE YEARS TO COME, RESPOND TO THE CALL OF THEIR CITY TO SERVE IT WITHOUT HOPE OF PERSONAL REWARD, AND WITH PATIENCE, FIDELITY AND ENTHUSIASM.

PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

LETTER OF TRANSMISSAL xi

CITY PLANNING AND THE COST OF LIVING IN PITTSBURGH xiii

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF URGENT RECOMMENDATIONS 1