[Gutenberg 49972] • Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District / Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs by Olmsted, Frederick Law -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Dedication TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter of Transmissal City Planning and the Cost of Living in Pittsburgh

PURPOSE AND PREPARATION OF THE REPORT

Introduction

FOOTNOTES:

PART I The Down Town District

The Main Arteries Eastward Arteries and Their Improvement A New Traffic Center Sixth Avenue Try Street Grade Crossing Second Avenue Freight Yards The "Hump Cut" Grant Boulevard Extension A Civic Center Diamond Street Widening Market Street Widening The Market The Water Front The Improvement of The Point FOOTNOTES:

PART II Main Thoroughfares

Width of Thoroughfares Special Types of Thoroughfares Widening Old Streets Unified Procedure For City, County and Borough SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS MAIN ARTERIES

Penn Avenue Artery Forbes Street Artery South Hills Artery

OUTLYING THOROUGHFARE IMPROVEMENTS FOOTNOTES:

PART III Surveys and a City Plan

Pittsburgh's Need for Surveys Objects To Be Secured Technical Procedure Maps Management and Cost Sample Maps New York Baltimore FOOTNOTES:

PART IV Notes on Parks and Recreation Facilities

The Bellefield Improvement Grant Boulevard Steep Hillsides GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PARKS

Neighborhood Parks Rural Parks

SPECIAL PARK OPPORTUNITIES FOOTNOTES:

PART V Special Reports

INTRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS FULL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDIX I APPENDIX II

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INDEX TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES