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Box 141

 Container

Contains 29 Results:

Downtown Street and Surface Cars, Subway Operations, Fixed and Variable, Pittsburgh Railways Company Accounts, Research Department, 1930

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 8 contains reports about mass transportation systems in Pittsburgh and other U.S. Cities. Particular reports of interest include those that reference mass transit systems that never came to fruition, including an underground subway system proposed by the Department of City Planning in the 1930s. In the mid-1960s, the Westinghouse Company’s Skybus project was proposed, which was a major mass transit proposal that would have provided continuous service via the Skybus rail.

Dates: Other: 1930

Report of the City Transit Commission of Pittsburgh to the Mayor and City Council on a Suggested Plan for a Subway Loop for Street Cars Following Water St., Grant St., Seventh Ave., and Ferry St., 1932

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 8 contains reports about mass transportation systems in Pittsburgh and other U.S. Cities. Particular reports of interest include those that reference mass transit systems that never came to fruition, including an underground subway system proposed by the Department of City Planning in the 1930s. In the mid-1960s, the Westinghouse Company’s Skybus project was proposed, which was a major mass transit proposal that would have provided continuous service via the Skybus rail.

Dates: Other: 1932

Pittsburgh of To-Day, A Review of Her Phenomenal Progress, Incomparable Industries and Renewable Resources, Compiled by The Consolidated Illustrating Co., Bounded Photocopy (copy 1), 1896

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1896

Pittsburgh: Main Thoroughfares and the Downtown District, Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs, A Report by Frederick Law Olmsted, Prepared Under the Direction of the Committee on City Planning, Pittsburgh Civic Commission (photocopy) (1 of 2), 1911

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1911

Pittsburgh: Main Thoroughfares and the Downtown District, Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs, A Report by Frederick Law Olmsted, Prepared Under the Direction of the Committee on City Planning, Pittsburgh Civic Commission (photocopy) (2 of 2), 1911

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1911

Master Plan Data Land Use, Tabulation of Land Use by Blocks According to that Use Which Occupies the Largest Area in Each Block, Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh, 1944

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1944

Duplicate Copies of Master Plan Data Preceding and Including 1944, Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh (1 of 2), 1939-1945

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1939-1945

Duplicate Copies of Master Plan Data Preceding and Including 1944, Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh (2 of 2), 1939-1945

 File — Box: 141, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries 1 includes a wide assortment of reports concerning city planning initiatives in Pittsburgh, particularly from the City Planning Department, the City Planning Commission, and other local agencies. The subseries includes the series of reports collectively known as the Pittsburgh Plan, the city’s first proposed comprehensive planning initiative, as well as 41 issues of a periodical called Progress (1921-1941), which promoted comprehensive urban planning.

Dates: Other: 1939-1945