Long since demolished, this Victorian pile was brand new when this engraving was published in a souvenir book to commemorate its opening.
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Homes of the Principal Pittsburgh Daily Papers in 1916
From the Employes Magazine of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, August, 1916. There were many more daily papers at the time, including at least three dailies in German, but these were the biggest ones. Note, by the way, the spelling “Pittsburg” on the Press building. By 1916, the spelling had finally been standardized as “Pittsburgh” for postal purposes, but the Press stubbornly stuck to the spelling without the H into the 1930s.
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Caricature of Edgar Kaufmann
Edgar Kaufmann: department-store magnate, philanthropist, and indulgent employer of notoriously difficult architects. Another sketch from the pen of W. S. Washburn. In the background, your humble servant, old Pa Pitt himself, receives infinite favors from the bounty of Mr. Kaufmann’s department store. Not that Father Pitt can be bribed, but he does feel somehow favorably disposed toward Mr. Kaufmann now.
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Caricature of Henry Hornbostel
Pittsburgh’s favorite architect as he appeared at the height of his creative power, from Sketches, Serious and Otherwise: Men of Pittsburgh and Vicinity, by W. S. Washburn. Alert readers will note that Father Pitt himself makes a few guest appearances in this book. The Tech banner reminds us that Hornbostel established the School of Architecture at Carnegie Tech and was for many years the head of the Department of Fine Arts there.
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In the Lobby of Heinz Hall
Heinz Hall, the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony, began its life as a 1920s movie palace. Although the decorative scheme was subdued somewhat in the restoration, there is still a strong element of fantasy in the interior.
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Directing the Railroad Strike
“Pennsylvania—Robert M. Ammon, the leader of the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne railroad strike, at his post, directing the movements of the strikers.” From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 11, 1877.
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Ruins of the Roundhouse and Pennsylvania Car Shops, Pittsburgh
A scene from the railroad riots of 1877, as drawn for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
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Sacred Heart, Shadyside
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3. Two splendid churches face each other across Shady Avenue. One is Ralph Adams Cram’s Calvary Episcopal. This is the other: Sacred Heart, one of the most tastefully beautiful Gothic churches in a city with one of the best collections of Gothic churches in the Western Hemisphere.
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Ohiopyle Falls in 1833
A woodcut and accompanying article from Atkinson’s Casket. The scene is very little different now, 181 years later.
