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Frederick Law
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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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Allegheny River Boulevard, 79.

Allegheny River Bridges, 133-165.

Allegheny River Heights 145-149.

Allegheny River Parkway, 120.

Amount and Importance of Bridge Traffic, 137, 138, 160-162.

Amount and Importance of River Traffic, 138-140, 162-165.

Amount and Importance of Traffic Affected, 137-140.

Appendix I, Bridge Report, 160-162.

Appendix II, Bridge Report, 162-165.

Ardmore Thoroughfare, 73.

Areas Reached by High- and Low-level Tunnel Routes, 54.

Arlington Avenue and Washington Avenue Connection, 85.

Aspinwall Bridge, The, 59, 60.

Baltimore Surveys, 100.

Batavia Street, 71.

Bates Run Connection, 63, 64.

Baum Street Improvement, 65.

Beechview Thoroughfare, 83.

Beechwood Boulevard Connection, 68, 69.

Beechwood Boulevard Parkway, 120, 121.

Beechwood Boulevard Re-alignment, 70.

Bell Avenue Extension, 73.

Bellefield Improvement, The, 101-106.

Bluff Street Hillside, 122.

Boats for Non-Tidal Rivers, 151-153.

Boundary Street Improvement, 69.

Braddock Avenue - Northerly End, 72.

Braddock Avenue Viaduct, 72.

Bridge Report, Special, 133-165.

Bridges over the Seine, Paris, 154.

Bridge Street Improvement, 78.

Bridge Traffic, 137, 138, 160-162.

Brighton Road Connection, 75, 76.

Brighton Road Viaduct, 76.

Brownsville Road, 86.

Butler Street Improvement, 59.

California Avenue and Brighton Road Extension, 75, 76.

Carrick Connection from the South Hills Tunnel, 84, 85.

Carson Street, 79, 80.

Center Avenue Improvement, 65.

Chartiers Avenue Grade Crossing, 80.

Chartiers Valley Parks, 128.

City and the Allegheny River Bridges, The, 133-165.

Civic Center, A, 11-17.

Clearance Heights, Conclusions as to, 153.

Comparison of Bridge and River Traffic, 140.

Considerations against Requiring Changes in Bridges to be made at Present, 157-159.

Corliss Street, 80, 81.

Cost of Living in Pittsburgh, XIII.

Crafton-Carnegie Connection, 81.

Crafton Hillside Thoroughfare, 81.

Diamond Street Widening, 17.

Down Town District, The, 5-30.

Dravosburg and Mifflin Township Thoroughfares, 74, 75.

Duquesne Bridge, 75.

Eastward Arteries and Their Improvement, 6-9.

East Liberty Improvements, 65-67.

East Ohio Street, 77, 78.

East Street, 76, 77.

Effect of Different Bridge Heights upon River Traffic, 145-151.

Effect of Various Possible Bridge Heights upon the Traffic Over the Bridges, 141-145.

Effect of Various Solutions, 140.

Eighth Avenue Branch to Dravosburg, 75.

Eighth Avenue Branch Westward, 75.

Eighth Avenue Improvement, 75.

Ellsworth Avenue Extension, 62

Etna Improvement, 78.

Etna Park, 118.

Etna Playground, 118.

Fairhaven County Road, 84.

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