The Mayors and Recorders of Pittsburgh
Author : Allen Humphreys Kerr
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Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Mayors
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Author : Allen Humphreys Kerr
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Mayors
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Author : Mayor Thomas J. Murphy Administration (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 1974
Category : City planning and redevelopment law
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The Mayor Thomas Murphy Papers are housed in 125 archival boxes. The collection is arranged into thirteen series, following their original organization and use in the Mayor's office. In most cases, the papers are arranged based on the office which collected or created them. The series are: Campaign Files, Clippings, Communication and Government Relations, Correspondence, Housing Authority, Management and Budget Office, Neighborhoods Coordinator, Operations, Policy, Scheduling Secretary, Senior Executive Assistant, Special Events, and Topical Files. The records consist of reports, meeting minutes, press releases, articles, legislation, permit applications, budget/ financial records, publications, and the related notes and correspondence for each. The records document the various complex functions of the Mayor's office and his attempt to address constituent grievances and concerns, monitor the impact of state and local legislative decisions, and further advance the economic and cultural development of Pittsburgh from 1994 through 2006.
Author : John F. Bauman
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2006-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0822973057
Before Renaissance examines a half-century epoch during which planners, public officials, and civic leaders engaged in a dialogue about the meaning of planning and its application for improving life in Pittsburgh.Planning emerged from the concerns of progressive reformers and businessmen over the social and physical problems of the city. In the Steel City enlightened planners such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and Frederick Bigger pioneered the practical approach to reordering the chaotic urban-industrial landscape. In the face of obstacles that included the embedded tradition of privatism, rugged topography, inherited built environment, and chronic political fragmentation, they established a tradition of modern planning in Pittsburgh.Over the years a melange of other distinguished local and national figures joined in the planning dialogue, among them the park founder Edward Bigelow, political bosses Christopher Magee and William Flinn, mayors George Guthrie and William Magee, industrialists Andrew Carnegie and Howard Heinz, financier Richard King Mellon, and planning luminaries Charles Mulford Robinson, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Harland Bartholomew, Robert Moses, and Pittsburgh's Frederick Bigger. The famed alliance of Richard King Mellon and Mayor David Lawrence, which heralded the Renaissance, owed a great debt to Pittsburgh's prior planning experience. John Bauman and Edward Muller recount the city's long tradition of public/private partnerships as an important factor in the pursuit of orderly and stable urban growth. Before Renaissance provides insights into the major themes, benchmarks, successes, and limitations that marked the formative days of urban planning. It defines Pittsburgh's key role in the vanguard of the national movement and reveals the individuals and processes that impacted the physical shape and form of a city for generations to come.
Author : Sarah Hutchins Killikelly
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 1906
Category : History
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Miss Killikelly’s book is more than a history of Pittsburgh, and all but serves as a history of Allegheny County, of which Pittsburgh has long been the metropolis, and which since the creation of the Greater Pittsburgh — brought about since this book was published — stands more than ever as the expression of the civic activities of its adjacent territory. With the chief facts of the early history of Pittsburgh, especially with those that center around Fort Duquesne, most readers of Pennsylvania history are fairly familiar. The story of these early days lose nothing in Miss Killikelly's retelling. Very marvelous, indeed, has been the growth of this great Pennsylvania city. A record of its population in 1761 gives the number of men as 324, the women 92 and children 47, living outside the garrison; the number of houses with owners' names was 220. At this period the town was divided into a Lower and Upper Town; the "King's Gardens" stretching along the Allegheny, with a background of wheatfields. The residence of the commandant, a substantial brick building within the fort, was the most pretentious house. In 1815 the population had increased to nearly 10,000. The subsequent history of this city is too detailed to be summarized. Miss Killikelly tells the story in ample manner, yet without any overloading of unessential facts. Her pages throb with the active, busy life that has made Pittsburgh so pre-eminently a manufacturing center, and she tells the story of its commercial, industrial and cultural progress with the skill of a practiced writer. Pittsburgh is probably the most misunderstood city in the United States, and Miss Killikelly is entitled to cordial thanks for her entirely readable account.
Author : Pittsburgh (Pa.). Council
Publisher :
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Bob McCarthy
Publisher :
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805954722
Author : Bion Joseph Arnold
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Local transit
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Author : Pittsburgh (Pa.). Council
Publisher :
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Pittsburgh (Pa.)
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Author : George Thornton Fleming
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN : 3849674371
The selection of Mr. Fleming to prepare this history of Pittsburgh, and the region round about, was most fortunate for the city. He was not only a sturdy grubber after facts but had the ability to dress them up in pleasing style and set them in graceful order. This book is valuable not only as a narrative of historic events, but as a compendium of facts relating to men and matters, events and happenings pertaining to the triumphant growth of Pittsburgh, its institutions, and its fame. It is as encyclopedic as entertaining and facilitates the finding of whatsoever data that may be desired. It will be very hard to find another book on the history of Pittsburgh that is as detailed as Mr. Fleming’s. This is volume two out of two.
Author : Percy Frazer Smith
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Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,91 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Pittsburgh (Pa.)
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