TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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