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PPL (People) was the brainchild of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, a Pittsburgh regional planning association launched in 1944 to rebuild and clean up the notorious Smokey City. The Allegheny Conference hired Roy Stryker in 1950 to record the city before its famous urban renewal, dubbed Renaissance I, and to shoot positive ...
Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located north across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, with its southwest border formed by the Ohio River, and is known today as the North Side.
History of Pittsburgh (17 C, 116 P) Pages in category "History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
Location of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
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 ...
In 1880, Allegheny was incorporated as a city. The City of Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907, and became known as the North Side. Historians [ who? ] claim that the Felix Brunot mansion on Stockton Avenue ( Allegheny Center ) was once a station on the Underground Railroad , where fugitive slaves from the South stopped for food and ...
When a bartender at Julius’ in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood refused to serve alcohol to a group of gay men in April 1966, photographer Fred McDarrah was there to capture the ...
On 12 March 1867, the State Legislature enacted a statute to allow Allegheny City to annex the Borough of Manchester, adding a 9 April 1867 supplement to also annex the southern portions of M'Clure and Reserve townships. [7] [8] Until 1907, Manchester was a ward of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Thereafter it is a neighborhood of Pittsburgh with ...