Scope and Contents The City Planning Commission Records contains meeting minutes, Planning Department staff reports, plans of lots and surveys from 1918 to 2006. The collection provides insight into the Commission’s work throughout most of the 20th century. The meeting minutes are particularly comprehensive and detailed, and the staff reports typically include citations of the specific meetings at which the Commission received and reviewed them.The collection is arranged into the following three...

Scope and Contents The City Planning Department Library Collection is housed in 244 archival boxes and is arranged in 16 series. The collection consists of planning reports, planning studies, numerous types of project proposals, census tract information, and annual reports from multiple city departments and organizations from Pittsburgh and other major U.S. cities. Particular series of note include the Pittsburgh Planning, Redevelopment, and Renewal series, which includes hundreds of redevelopment reports and...

Scope and Contents The City Planning Department Map Collection contains oversize records including maps, plans and drawings on a variety of projects and subjects, especially pertaining to land use and redevelopment. The records were not consistently collected or arranged in a systematic method, but rather amassed by Planning Department staff over a period of about 80 years and stored in map cases in the Department’s offices at 200 Ross St. The collection is arranged according to subject in the...

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The Historic Review Commission Minutes contain details from nearly every meeting conducted by the HRC from 1979 to 2011. The minutes, arranged chronologically, often relay the decisions and recommendations of the HRC along with providing the historical background and significance of each property under review.

Scope and Contents The Historic Review Planning Records are housed in 37 boxes and are arranged into three series. The records consist of subject files, photos, and slides from various Historical Review Commission projects, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s. Included in the subject files are many drafts and copies of HRC pamphlets from historic districts along with information about specific historic buildings and sites in Pittsburgh. Many of the photos included in the collection feature buildings or...

Scope and Contents The URA Library was created in 1970 in the Community Affairs Department, whose responsibilities were divided into two main categories: information services and community relations. The library initially included reports from internal departments—annual reports, publications, and redevelopment studies—as well as material from external agencies, such as proposals from developers and reference material from state and federal agencies. In 1985, the library was reorganized and expanded with...