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Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m 2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
The Allegheny Conference hired Roy Stryker in 1950 to record the city before its famous urban renewal, dubbed Renaissance I, and to shoot positive images of the "progress" for national consumption. Stryker hired professional photographers and directed the project, based at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...
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The Pittsburgh Pipers win the 1968 American Basketball Association title. The Pittsburgh Pipers relocate to Minnesota, becoming the Minnesota Pipers. February 19: Locally produced and nationally aired children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiers. 1969 October 17: Fort Duquesne Bridge opens. The Pittsburgh Pipers re-locate back to ...
Pages in category "1950s in Pittsburgh" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
525 William Penn Place (also known as the Citizens Bank Tower) is a skyscraper located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1951 for the Mellon National Bank and the U.S. Steel Corporation. At 520 feet (160 m) tall, it was the second-tallest building in Pittsburgh until 1970, and the third
By 1950, vast swaths of buildings and land near the Point were demolished for Gateway Center. 1953 saw the opening of the (since demolished) Greater Pittsburgh Municipal Airport terminal. [ 27 ] In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the lower Hill District , an area inhabited predominantly by poor Blacks, was completely destroyed.