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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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xi -- LETTER OF TRANSMISSAL

xiii -- CITY PLANNING AND THE COST OF LIVING IN PITTSBURGH

1 -- INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF URGENT RECOMMENDATIONS


5 -- PART I. THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT

5 -- The Main Arteries

6 -- Eastward Arteries and Their Improvement

9 -- A New Traffic Center

9 -- Sixth Avenue

10 -- Try Street Grade Crossing

10 -- Second Avenue Freight Yards

10 -- The Hump Cut

11 -- Grant Boulevard Extension

11 -- A Civic Center

17 -- Diamond Street Widening

17 -- Market Street Widening

18 -- The Market

19 -- The Water Front

29 -- The Improvement of The Point


31 -- PART II. MAIN THOROUGHFARES

31 -- Width of Thoroughfares

34 -- Special Types of Thoroughfares

37 -- Widening Old Streets

43 -- Unified Procedure for City, County and Borough

44 -- Specific Recommendations

      44 -- Penn Avenue Artery

      47 -- Forbes Street Artery

      49 -- South Hills Artery

59 -- Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements (with special indices)

88 -- Subject Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements

90 -- Number Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements


93 -- PART III. SURVEYS AND A CITY PLAN

93 -- Pittsburgh's Need for Surveys

94 -- Objects to be Secured

95 -- Technical Procedure

96 -- Maps

98 -- Management and Cost

98 -- Sample Maps

98 -- Data from New York

100 -- Data from Baltimore


101 -- PART IV. NOTES ON PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES

101 -- The Bellefield Improvement

106 -- Grant Boulevard

109 -- Steep Hillsides

113 -- General Discussion of Parks

      113 -- Neighborhood Parks

      116 -- Rural Parks

117 -- Special Park Opportunities


123 -- PART V. SPECIAL REPORTS

123 -- The Market

128 -- The Hump Cut

133 -- The City and the Allegheny River Bridges


167 -- INDEX


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Original document: Frederick Law Olmsted, 1910