Even the tiniest houses could be romanticized in the age of what Father Pitt calls the Fairy-Tale Style of domestic architecture. The little bungalow above and the mirror-image cottages below probably date from the 1930s. A coating of snow helps the fairy-tale atmosphere.
The corner of Sidney Street and South 19th Street, where we find a Second Empire building with a beautifully kept storefront.
Ozark Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) grows very happily in Pittsburgh, and the first warm winter day from January onwards it will open up these curious little flowers. If you cut some twigs in the cold weather and bring them in to put in a vase, the flowers will open in a day or two and start filling the room with perfume.
Carson Street on the South Side is reputed to be one of the best-preserved Victorian commercial streets in North America. Mere snow cannot deter old Pa Pitt from his duty of documenting the city around him, so here is a generous album of Carson Street buildings, most of Victorian vintage, with falling snow for added picturesque effect.
Three and Two Gateway Center seen from Gateway Center Park.
Three Gateway Center.
A wintry view with silhouettes of bare trees.
Three Gateway Center seen from Forbes Avenue near the Diamond.
Dried staghorns of Rhus typhina along the Monongahela River.
Colors of the December forest along Lowries Run as it cuts its way through rocks to get to the Ohio River.
