BRIDGES AND
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
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Frederick Law
Olmsted
report to the
Pittsburgh Civic Commission
"Pittsburgh:
Main Thoroughfares and The
Down Town District"
1910
00 Cover Page
00 Contents
04 Parks and
Recreation
Facilities
06 Index
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PART IV: Notes on Parks and Recreation Facilities Pittsburgh: Main Thoroughfares and The Down Town District Frederick Law Olmsted report to The Pittsburgh Civic Commission, 1910
and enjoy interesting and extensive views over the city, the river or the adjacent valley; always with the steep natural hillside below as a foreground.
Precipitous hillside in Paris, planted and cared for by the City
Such areas, for instance, as the rugged slope under Bluff Street or the precipitous land south of West Carson Street should be under public control. Hillsides less conspicuous, less striking in their characteristics, and offering inferior opportunities of outlook -- while in themselves, perhaps, of doubtful value to the city -- should be taken over rather than allowed to become positively injurious features in private hands. In other cases, unless their cost is practically nothing, and there is no apparent probability of future tax-paying development, the City could hardly afford to purchase and maintain them.
Hillside at Meissen, made useful and attractive by terracing, planting and care
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