The Trimont apartments on Mount Washington, outlined against winter clouds.
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Outline of the Trimont
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Ice Cascade in Banksville
Every year this cliff face in Banksville grows a beautiful cascade of icicles, and old Pa Pitt has taken pictures of it more than once. Here it is again, and no excuse is necessary.
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The View from Federal Street
Low clouds and rays of sunshine make an atmospheric picture, as seen from Lafayette Hilltop.
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Backstreet Bar on the South Side
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Moody View from the West End Overlook
A pair of moody views taken on moody black-and-white film in 1999, probably with an Argus C3.
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Beechview at Night
A streetcar stop in a quiet residential neighborhood of Pittsburgh after dark.
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Chartiers Hill United Presbyterian Church in 1999
The congregation was founded in 1775 by John McMillan; this building was put up in 1840. These pictures were taken with an Argus C3 in 1999. Three years later, while renovation work was in progress, the whole tower end collapsed.
The lens on Father Pitt’s old C3 didn’t like being pointed toward the sun, so we have a bit of glare in this picture; but it does show us the old front before it collapsed. It was replaced with a new front, somewhat different but in sympathy with the building, as we see in this picture from 2015.
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St. Josaphat’s in Black and White
Two attempts at arty photography with the old Samsung Digimax V4 set on monochrome mode. We also have more ordinary color pictures of St. Josaphat’s.
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Concord Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Carrick
This building was dedicated in 1915, but its congregation was organized in 1831—and really dates from before that, since local members had been meeting before the Presbytery recognized them as a church. This was a country church that was engulfed by city in the early 1900s; in its old country churchyard are the graves of a number of early settlers and the third mayor of Pittsburgh.
Addendum: The architect of the church was George Schwan. From the Construction Record for October 11, 1913: “Architect George Schwan, Peoples Bank building, is working on plans for the proposed church building, for the Concord Presbyterian Congregation, Carrick. The building will be one-story, either brick or stone, and cover an area of 72×90 feet. Cost $35,000.”
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Rooftops of Brookline
Father Pitt was trying out a very long lens after making an expedition to Pitaland. In the center of the picture is the tower of Engine House Fifty-Seven. It was about half a mile away.
