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Records Management Division of the Office of the City Clerk, City of Pittsburgh. For research inquiries contact us at [email protected] pittsburghpa.gov/clerk/records-… Pittsburgh, PA Joined December 2015-
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New collection available! The @PLANPGH Library contains 244 boxes of reports spanning 100 years. Early transpo plans? Got it. Research on Fort Pitt? Yes please. Mid-century redevelopment reports? Up to our necks. Search the complete container list: bit.ly/41ESyyI
Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire responding to a fire at a vacant warehouse on Liberty Ave in the Strip District on Nov. 6, 1965. The warehouse stretched multiple blocks, from 22nd to 27th Streets. See the full film in our new Digital Collections website: bit.ly/46EIAhC
Happy 412 Day, Pittsburgh! As we celebrate our great city, please enjoy some photos of Pittsburgh through the years (courtesy of our friends at @PghArchives)! (1/3)
Schenley Golf Course, 1967. The course was renamed in honor of Mayor Bob O'Connor in 2007.
Looking northeast toward the Strip District and Allegheny River, Downtown, 1968. (Historic Review Planning Records)
Oxford Centre pamphlet, c. 1981. Completed in 1983, the tower was the first of the large “Renaissance II”-era office projects in Pittsburgh, followed shortly after by PPG Place and BNY Mellon Center. (From the City Planning Library Collection)
Sophie Masloff was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Pittsburgh and the second to serve on City Council. Here she is dancing with Luciano Pavarotti (c. 1989), posing for a pic with Muhammad Ali (1998), and meeting Pope John Paul II (1989).
Earle Onque, URA director of rehabilitation, gives a presentation at their Homewood Field Office, 1964. Onque was one of the first African Americans to be both a registered architect & certified planner. He worked at the URA until 1969, later joining the faculty of @GSPIA.
View of Litchfield Towers from Bouquet St, Oakland, c. 1966. This slide is from the URA Library Collection (RG-11-001), which was recently processed with grant support from @NHPRC You can view the collection guide in our catalog here: bit.ly/3gaAhlY
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New Year, New Collections!
New collection available! The @PLANPGH Library contains 244 boxes of reports spanning 100 years. Early transpo plans? Got it. Research on Fort Pitt? Yes please. Mid-century redevelopment reports? Up to our necks. Search the complete container list: bit.ly/41ESyyI
Thank you for your great work on behalf of City Council!
Exciting news! Today we’re launching a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to browse and research online: …tsburgharchives.access.preservica.com (1/6)
Yowza! Good work @PghArchives!
Exciting news! Today we’re launching a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to browse and research online: …tsburgharchives.access.preservica.com (1/6)
Love to see this and can’t wait to dig into the archive!
Exciting news! Today we’re launching a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to browse and research online: …tsburgharchives.access.preservica.com (1/6)
I’m so excited about this. Great job, City Archivists and @CityClerk_Pgh!
Exciting news! Today we’re launching a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to browse and research online: …tsburgharchives.access.preservica.com (1/6)
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It was an ash dump, a firehall, & home to an alligator that roamed the city at night. Most oddly, it was in the middle of a street. It was #Pittsburgh’s first park. You don't want to miss this one, read more from @BrianButko on the blog! @PghArchives heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/pittsburg…
@PghArchives I'm wondering if the location of this company is along the Mon right before the Glenwood Bridge?
11 days... The 1974 City of @Pittsburgh Tree! This tree was donated by the Siwik's of #Brookline. (courtesy of @PghArchives)
Happy Birthday Schenley Park! 133 years ago in 1889, Schenley Park was created from land donated by heiress Mary Schenley. From Flagstaff Hill to Panther Hollow this 456 acre park is the Grand Dame of #Pittsburgh’s CitiParks! @radworkshere @Pittsburgh @PghArchives
The Cathedral of Learning and J&L Steel, as seen from Monongahela Playground, 1949 @PowerLibrary @PghArchives
The @BTWFoundation asked Pittsburgh City Council to participate in their #BeKind21 campaign. The question posed was "Does kindness still matter?" Here is our response:
NBA legend Bill Russell, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 88, is pictured here laughing with Anne Madarasz, director of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, in 2005.
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Speaking of Panther Hollow, check out the @PghArchives Instagram page. In the early 60's, there was a plan to put a big multipurpose building there at one time. The plan itself looks fascinating.
@PghArchives @CitiParks @pittsburghparks Hey that bug looks familiar...
Courtesy of our friends @PghArchives! The progression of Osceola Park, Bloomfield, 1964 and 1965.
Love this! Today & everyday, please help keep your #Pittsburgh CitiParks clean! Thank you!
It's a perfect #ThrowbackThursday!