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Ec LandÀarks FoundationSquare 'West . Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212- July-August 1973

Alcoa Foundation has led off the corporate cam-paign of our fund-raising program wi th a grant of$75,000. The funds are to be appl ied to the devel -opment of the art¡fact.garden at thç 0ld Post 0f f iceHuseum.

0ur members wi I I recal I that recently we recei veda chal lenge loan from the National Trust for His-toric Preservation. This loan of 985,000 is to berepaid at 3T over f ive years. lt is the largestloan made to any local organization in the Trustrshistory. Accompanying the loan bras a chal lenge tous to raíse $600,000. l.fe initiated a fund raisingprogram with opt¡ons avai lable to donors ,to al locatetheir gifts to specific projects and progrðms.

Charles Covert Arensberg, our President, noted'!Thís m¿rgníf icent ìeading gi f t f rom Alcoa Foundat¡onwill enable us to beqin construction of ou'r artifactgarden at the 0ld Post 0ffice Museum which h,e havebeen planning for several years. I t wi I I also seta s tanda rd for ou r corpora te fund ra i s i ng. "

The 'art i f act garden wi I I cover over ha I f an acreof land and consist of three major spaces. Thefi rst, dedicated to the memory of Robert Baur, wi I Icontain a pool, a green garden, and a sitting area.

The third space will contain exhibits of permanen'texterior archi tectural arti facts rescued by Pi tts-burgh History & Landmarks Foundation from variousAl legheny County bui ìdings.

The total cost of the garden is estimated atS | 50,000; and 'the projected comp I et i on date i ssprinS 197\.

0ur members have responded to the fund raisingcampaign by contributing $26,000 to date. The Alcoa-qrant and other gi f ts have brought the total to overS130,000. lf you have not yet made your pledge,send in the form provided here.

A GIFT NO\ø.4, PLEDGE FOR 1973-197t+

I,/We enclose check or secu¡ities to be appliedtoward the fund campaign of Pittsburgh History&Landmarks Foundation .........$.I pledge the following gift for 1973 a¡d againfor L974 (please bill me) ..$...I would appreciate a callPleaseallocatemydonationtothegeneralfundcampaign.'.'Please allocate my donation to the following program

NON PROII¡ ORG.

U. S. Porloge

PAIDP¡ttrburgh, Po.

Pcrmil No. 598

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ATCOA LE,ADS CORPORATE FTJNDRAISII{G WITH $75OOOO GTFT

The central space will be an open area to be designated'"Alcoa Foundation Plaza.r' lt wi I I be usedfor summer sculpture shows and outdoor performingarts events. The major feature of this area willbe the íncorporation of the great bronze portalscu I ptu res f rom the Manches te r B r i dge.

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All contributions are deductible for income tax DurDoses,

Fisher CharÍtable Trust Donates toPlaque ProgramlJe are pleased to report that the Fisher Chari t-able Trust has pledged $2r000 to our fund raisinclcampa i gn. The funds a re to be used to ass i s t i nplacing plaques on historical bui ldings in Al legh-eny County.

tle initiated the plaque working program in 1965wïth a grant from the Alcoa Foundation in theamount of S6,900. S i nce then we have p I aced p I a-ques on dozens of landmarks structures throughoutthe county

Said our Presiåent, Hr. Arensberg,rrThis substan- \

tial gi ft to the plaque fund from Fisher Chari t-able Trust wi ll enable us to carry on our plaquemarki ng program. Ì,Je p I an to expend some of thefunds to designing new, smaller plaques for resi-dential buildings to be used in place of ourlarger plaque which is placed on insti tutionals t ructu res . "

Vaults Uncovered

During prelimínary site work on the Garden Court weuncove red the b r i ck ba rre I vau I ted chambers wh i chexisted beneath the sidewalk of old vJest 0h¡o Street.The vau I ts wi th the i r trap doors to the s i dewa I kabove served as a front means of delivery to thestores that once I ined this street. The vaults wereconveniently discovered in the al ready designatedArt i fact Exh i b i t Area of the Garden cou rt and effortsare underway to incorporate them into the area asan art¡fact.

THE ARTS IN PITTSBURGH

ReeentLy TRIAD heLd a conferenee eaLLed 'tVhatAbout Pittsburgh Ants? " Ás a part of the eon-ferenee there isas a paneL on the arts ín Pittsbut-ghänd. our eseeuti'oe díneetor, Mn. ZiegLen delíoeredsome bnief but tnenchant remarks on uhat ue feelthe arts ean eontributg to.9V\ city. His statementfollous.' '; ;'"tt"' ";:i '"í-- ' '"

e..:åuÀ ti';ç.1¡¡Ù ¿lfI have always talád.Seå vd'ñyråô't'i'ÍIsttview of what thearts and cultural organizations in genera'ì shoulddo. What I have to say is really based on the ex-perience I have acquired in my eight years as Ex-äcutive Di rector of the Pittsburgh History E Land-ma rks Foun da t i òn .

P¡ttsburgh does not think of itself as a culturaltown nor as a city that has the unique and tantal-izing ingredients that will either sustain its in-hab i tants or bri ng i n vi s i tors.

But P¡ttsburgh is r¡rron9. lt is one of the mostspectacular èit¡es in America. lt is one o'f themost hístoric cities in America. lt is one of themost vitai and aggressive cities in America. lt isone of the few ci ties left in Ameri ca where ci ti -zens can feel that the problems of major concern tothe commun i ty can be sol ved.

We needed to redeve,lop downtown, and we have beenable to put together the resources to do i t. t'Je

needed to rehabiìitate the inner-city, and b,e devel-oped Atl RC0 to do ¡ t . tle needed to endow ou r sym-phony, and we raised $20,000,000 and did ¡t. lleneeded more avJareness of our hi s tory and i ts rel a-tionship to the present and future, and we develop-ed the organizations to do ¡t.

I would propose that fi rst of al I the arts i n P ¡ tts'burgh shoul d become a consciousness of P i ttsburgh 'not the "conscience" u@. u,hatwe need here more than anything eì-e' I think, isan articulated avlareness of the unique and vitalqualities of this city. To obtain it we need ourmost sensitive people 9nga9ìng in the apProPriateintel lectual and artistic exercises. That is a

ro,le for the arts.

Second, I think that the arts should become moreconscious of their obrn importance to the community.They consti tute a major educational resource; thatwe al I know. But are bre aware that they consti tutean important economi c resource? Not only do thearts groups all employ people and not only do theyall sell things, but they form the chief resourcefor the development of tourism for this area' anindustry that could bring a major economic inject-i on to ou r town. The a rts need to te I I the bus i n -ess and governmental ìeaders of P¡ttsburgh theimportance of such resources to other ci ties andshow them they need more development and promotionon behal f of the arts and cul tural and hi storicalgroups than we have had.

Third, the arts must plunge into the exciting andturbulent problems of our times. Never was oursociety more,in need of sensitive people who willhelp get the disparate elements of our societycommunicating. The arts grouPs could help enormoutìy. They are not prof i t moti vated. They €¡re abovethe suspicions of a great mâny of the disadvantag-ed and the young. They can be sensitive to humanproblems. I t is thei r mission to develop a morehumane society and a more beauti ful envi ronment'

0ur society. is crying out for sensitive consider-ation of a huge number of complex problems. Theprts- groups could be helping us understand thosep rob I ems and unde rs tand one anothe r. They shou I dbe at work among the young. They should be atwork in the inner-city. They should be helpingnot to impose nev, directions on our society but tohel p our society understand'i tsel f so that ¡ t canf ind neh, di rections.

The arts in P ¡ ttsburgh could contri bute to a hap-pier, more vital, more viable city. They mustbel ieve in P ¡ ttsburgh and then they must act uponthat belief by making a commitment not to themsel-ves but to the quest of establ ishing a good city,and we have a ci ty that i s search ing, that i swilling, and that at piesent seems to be waiting.

Special Facade Study OfferMade to Birmingham

PHLFTs Fi re Engine ì¡ras a popular attraction atthe Southside Spring Festival Parade. The Parademarked the kick-off of the Fix-l t, Clean Up Campaignsponsored by the Southside Chamber of Commerce andPHLF. The winners of a Slogan and Poster Contesthel d i n the Souths i de ll i gh School s were announcedat the Pa rade. Two s I ogans vrere chosen from hun-dreds of entries. Prizes donated by the Southsioemerchants vrere presented to Patri ck Short and Mi ch-ael Gaocowskî for their slogans: r'Realize yourPride, Clean Up Southside" and'rKeep Southside Neat,Clean Up the Street." The slogans will appear onposters displayed in storefronts along East CarsonStreet and on red, whi te and blue trash barrels thatwill line East Carson Street. Student nurses fromSt. Josephts Hospi tal have volunteered to paint thetrash barrels.

Th ree pos te rs we re chosen to be d i sp I ayed i n theSouthside Chamber of C,ommerce Building window. Thecolorful winning posters v,,ere subm¡tted by GaryTambellini, KeÌrneth Kapa and John Novak and MartinUrban, al I from Southside Cathol ic High School.The winners h,ere also awarded prizes at the Parade.

During the Fii(-lt, Clean Up Campaign PHLF wi I I beavai lable to advise Southside merchants on store-front restoration. Uti ì izing funds from the Hi I l-man Foundation, P¡ttsburgh H¡story 6 Landmarks hasvolunteered to do a rendering for any merchant whois interested in storefront restoration. Plans arealso underway for a gal,a Youth Clean-Up Day.

Shown here i s our 1927 fi retruck donated by L'ibertyBorough last year. N¡cholasR. Stone, I eft, pres i dent ofthe Chambe r of Corirme rce ad-mires the calm of Ellis Sch-midlapp and Arthur Ziegleras they watch the t ruck bei nginundated by South Sideyoungs te rs.

Hillman Foundation FundsNeighborhood Work

l,Je are pleased to announce a srant of S20r000.fromthe Hi I lman Foulrdation for our neighborhood work.The use of a portion of thîs money was described inan earlier article. lt is now our pleasure to an-nounce that we have developed a relationship wi ththe Architec'ts' llorkshop, sponsored by the P¡tts-burgh 'Chapter of the American lnsti tute of Archi-tects, for the workshop to provi de design serviceson a free or moderate charge basis to a variet"y ofinner-city neighborhoods in whîch we have an inter-est and where the res i dents request them. We pl anto aìlocate up to $15,000. for the VJorkshop to pro-vide such services during the current yeär.

Some years a90 we requested that the local A¡AChapter become involved in several inner-cityneighborhoods including Birmingham (South Side) andthe Boyle-Loraine St. area of North Sïde. The AIAmembers donated desi gn services and'were able toproduce nearly 60 renderings for the restoration ofthose commerciaì and residential structures.

The project was so warmly receîved by neighbor-hood people that the AIA establ ished the A,rchitectsl.Jorkshop and sought VISTA volunteers to assist withthe work under the di rection of an AIA commi ttee.

tte are very pleased to jà¡n with the AIA again ini ts efforts to make des ign and restoratïon consul t-ing services avai lable to those people who ovrn somany of these fine older bui ldings of Pi ttsburghbut who do not havê the funds to engage a pract-icing architect to design thei r restorat¡on.

MEX I CAN WAR STREETS HOUSE TOUR A GREAT SUCCESS

0ur thanks to all of you who help'ed make theMexi can I'Iar St reets House Tour a f antast i c suc--cess. 0ver 850 persons toured the houses andwere qui te impressed wi th the area and theimagînation and creativi ty of the ov,rners andtenants. l./e are gratef ul for the participa-tion and the enthusiasm demonstrated.

PHLF Appointed Restoration ConsultantsBy Sewickley Board of Trade

For many years w€¡ like so many, have beenpuzzled by the i nd i ffe ren t appeerance of the Sew-ickley Business district. I t lacks the qual i ty andinterest that one would expect to find in such anarea.

0ver a year ago the Garden Club of Sewickleyasked our dî rector, Mt. Z iegler to address a com-muni ty meeting on the subject of how !he ¿lrea couldbe improved. Mr. Tiegler showed sl ides of simi larsuch areas in the country but emphasized how muchbetter they look, incìuding Carmel, Cal ifornia;t/¡l l¡amsburg, Virginia; and Ligonier, Pennsylvania.The talk had a strong impact on the community. Thebusinessmen took the criticism and suggestions ingood stride and began to see thei r business districtas othe rs see ¡ t.

Through the efforts of Harry S. Hul I , J r., thePresident of the Sewickley Planning Commission, Mr.Ziegler made a second appearance together wi th El I isSchmidlapp, our Restorationist, and the two dis-cussed what p.ositive steps could be taken to im-prove the appearance of the buildings in this area.The Board of Trade then commissioned a prel iminarystudy in which.we compiled a list of improvementsthat cou I d be carri ed out for each bu i I d i ng at aneconomi ca I cos t .

That study has been completed and submitted tothe Board of Trade and the Planning Commission,both groups received it wi th great enthusiasm andhave commissioned a further study of the most re-markable but - unfortunately disused bui ldïn9 inth-e area, the Flatiron building. PHLF is to use itas a demonstrat¡on study to show how a bui ldingthat is deteriorating and abandoned can be effect-ively adapted to uses that wi I I enl iven the area.

The Board of Trade is then going to ask Hessrs.Schmidlapp and Ziegler to present these drawingsand proposals to the enti re membersh ip of the Boardof Trade in an effort to have each member of theBoard sign up for a ful I study of his particularshop front.

children of the American RevolutionSupport Library

Several years ago Mr. James D. Van Trump donatedhi.s entire I ibrary of over 5,000 vol umes and val -ued at an excess of $20,000 to p ¡ t tsbu rgh H i s tory

Landmarks, and we in turn honored Mr. Van Trumprs¡nsiderable contribution to PHLF by naming theibrary after him. The library is unendowãd and

have added to it ielectively as individualsve donated for special acquisitions. lt con-ins an excellent arch tectura I sect i on and a

history books.d col lect ion of I oca

e have not 'been add i ng to the I oca I h i s to rylection since we moved to the Old post 0ffice

e we had hoped the Pennsylvania Room at theegie L ibrary would be coming to the Al leghenych Library, which is being restored, and it

ld have been redundant for us to devote resour-i to bui lding up that col lection. However, ange in plans of Carnegie lnsti tute wi I I meanretention of that divisïon in 0akland, and we

r vlant to add to our books in the Pennsylvaniallection.

lle are very pleased to have received funds thatll enable us to purchase more than 20 very im-tant volumes for this col lectîon from thesylvania Society, Chi ldren of the Americanlution. On Sunday, June 3 ceremonies we.re

ld at the 0l d Posr 0ffi ce Museum in whi ch 'Mi ss

Neill _Log House LandscapingNow Being Completed

The members wi I I recal I that we restored the. Nei I I Log House, one of the last three eighteenthcentury bui ldings remaining within the City I imitsand the only lSth century log house. Under a grantfrom the Richard King Mel lon Foundation the restor-ation h,as completed last June and the Junior Leaguefurnished the house very appropriately and donatedfunds and prepared a text about the house for aspecial brochure.

During the course of the past year vúe have beenraising funds for the landscape work includîng manyindigenous plants, and we are very grateful for theindividuals, fami I ies, foundations and garden clubsthat have donated to the landscapin,g.

l.Ie have only a few weeks remaining in our fundraising for the planting and if you are interestedin assisting with a smal I gift, merely send ¡t totfre office together with your name; if the plant isto be in memory of someone, please incl ude that per-sonrs name as well. We st¡ll have the followingi tems for donat i on:

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lndian Summer red rasberry...e$2.50Cumberland Blackberty... e$8.50Bi tter Sweet vines.... ..@$5.2SVïrginia Creepers. .eS4.50l.lartha Llashington Asparaguå..eS2.00Victoria Rhubarb plants......eSl .75

A permanent plaque wi I I be erected on the si tethanking those donors who have contributed.

Fol lowing is theto date:

P¡ttsburgh Historygrateful to these

July 29

Augus t 4

text of the plaque as it stands

6 Landma rks Foundat í on i sdonors for funds to defray

Mel Nickerson

Vaìentia Petrone

l4r. ¿ Mrs. John D.price,Jr.I n ,l',lemo ry o fMrs. Richard 8. proch

Anna B.RettererI n Memory oft1 rs. Priscilla Goodalelrvine Retterer

Janet Robbîns Fami lyln Mernory of¡,li chael Homitz

. f,l ichael SpanovichI n Hemory ofStanley Spanovi ch

The Alexander C. Speyer andLill ie S,Speyer CharitableFoundatìon

I n Memo ry ofAlexander C. Speyer,Sr.

M rs . LeRoy Thompsonln l,lemory ofì4r.6Hrs. Charles A.pa¡nter,Jr

FAIR

cos ts of i nd ì genous pl ants for the Nei I I LogHous e

Edna R, Ashtonln l,lemory ofMrs. Janes A. Ashton, Sr.

Hontå9ue R. CookeI n tlemo ry ofMr. E Mrs. W. J. Cooke

l,l r, & Hrs. James A. Frank

Mr, 6 ¡,lrs. Ri chard C. Getty

Mr. Charles C. Hewitt

l'larcia Campbel I HobaughI n l'lemo ry ofArthur P. Campbel IE. Russel ì Hobaugh

l,'l rs. Kenneth KearneyI n Hemory ofMr. Kenneth K. Kearney

Linden Garden Club

John llaeg le Fami ìyln Hemory ofMargaret B. Proch

Richard King f4el lon FoundationTH I RD ANNUAL STREET

"0ld Allegheny Street Fair,r is the themefor the day when the cooperat i ve effortsof the North S i de commun i ty b reak forthin a grand fai r in the Hexican l,Iar Streets.Features this year wi I I be cultural eventsi n ly'est Park, The Nature Museum, puppetShow, Fun Art Cart, the Band, and m¿¡nybooths of arts, crafts, foods, and art¡-facts. DON'T MISS THE FUNI

h Jeanne Ruh presented to Mr. Van Trump ack for Sl5l. to pay for the cost of thesei tiona I vo I umes.

ç acknowl edge bri thch was the result

August l8-19 Bus Tour to Titusville andChautauqua

September 24 Tentative date - g:30 p.m.Lecture at 0ld post 0ff iceMrs. Sr. Clair t,/right ofHistoric Annapol is Fdn.

0ctober 26-28 Tentatíve dateBus Tour to HistoricAnnapo I i s

deep grat¡tude this giftof a year long effort of theLibrary.

CALENDAR OF EYENTS2:00 p.m.Walking Tour of Thornburg

"0ld Allegheny Street Fair'lI n the Mex i can l.Ja r S t ree ts

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to help with the

Me,mbership Expands Rapidly0ur membersh ip campaign that we startód just

three months âgo has already brought in over 3OOnew member's I Membershi p jumped f rom 1749 to Zl86in that short period. This meâns an increase inrevenue of ove r $ 3500 th i s yea r. pa rt of th i s rev-enue wi I I be used to support the revised and ex-panded newsletter which will enable us to cover ouroperations and communicate $r¡th members on an ex-panded bas i s.

Remember that ¡f every member would secure twomembers, our general revenues would increase from$25,000 to over $75,000 per year, thereby enabl ingus to carry out much more work to save Pïttsburghrsarchi tectural and hístorical heri tage. Also remem-ber that ¡ f you secure tbro members you shoul d not-ify the office," and we will send you a free copy ofour newly republ ished and handsome booklet on theUnion Trust Building. lf you already own thatbooklet, you may take your selection from our otherpubl i catîons of equal val ue.

Please keep pushing for memberships because it'is the membership revenue that enables us to sus-tain our staff and programs and, of crïtical impor-tance, sustain the 0¡d Post 0ffice Museum.

and varied artifacts for ourduring the month of June.

Wíth thanks to our rnany fríendsfor donating manyMusèum col lect¡on

Miss Carol R. l4cAuleyArthur G. TrimbleMiss Eval ine ChalfantMrs. BowdainMrs. Be rtha Kl uesene rJohn C. MillerMrs . l,r. E. McCa i nMiss Pat DegenhardtCarnegie Mel lon Home EconomícsMrs. E. C. fagoonMrs. Donald A. ColemanMrs. A. hr. SchulzMr. t Mrs. John J. BissellMa ry Shaw Mah ron i cMrs.- John DrewRichard LinderDr. James Bal lantyne, Jr.ilr. a Mrs. Frederick BolanderMrs. Henry M. Strouss

ATEEDED...A volunteer to take charge of Nei r r Log'House year-round. This involves spiing and Fal I Hous"cleåning,attending to arrangements that need periodic atten-tion, and working with the Junior Leàgue who pro_vide furnishings, etc. I f interested. pìease cal IMrs. Emerick at 322-1204.

HARMONY DAN T.FEST

A Harvest Time,,Thank you,'Festival at the 0ldHarmony Museum, Harmony, penna. Auqìlst 25, l2 noonto 6 p.r. and August 26, I to 6 p.m. A glimpse intothe daily life of early Harmony, First Home of theHarmonists 1804-1814. See and hear how ¡t bras donethe old way with old tools and by old methods.Early l9t¡r Century CRAFTS, F00DS, and GIFT ITEMS.Adults S1.50, Children (under l6) $.50.

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TOI-]RSTHORNBURG I,JALKING TOUR JULY 29, 1973

This walking tour will t¿¡ke us through the fascinat¡ngsection of Thornburg. tJe wï I I in addi tion to walkingthrough the ârea, be permitted to tour one house and anumber of private gardens. We think this will be one ofour most interest¡ng tours yetl

lJe wi I I meet at the old Thornburg school on Hami I tonRoad at 2:00 p.m. and start the tour promptly from there.

lf driving - take Steuben Street to Route 60, continue toThornburg - turn left on Thornburg Avenue, contínue to ilam-i I ton Avãnue - trirn ri ght and conii nue to the school.lf travel ing by bus - take 26 B-C f rom downtor.rn at l:00p.m.

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RE,STRVATI0N F0RH - TH0RNBURc WALKtNc T0UR - JULy 29, tg73

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PHONE AMOUNT S

P I ease sende$ I .50 f or mñõE;

for the Wa I ki n9t i cke ts for

Tour on July 29,non-members

ticketsand

e$ 3.00 each.

Hy check is enctosed.is enclo.sed.

Hy sel f-addressed, stamped envelope

TITUSVILLE - CHAUTAUQUA BUS TOUR August l8-19, 1973

The tour wi I I leave the 0l d Post 0ffi ce Museum at 8:30a.m. sharp on Saturday, August I 8, and travel to Ti tus-vil le where we will visit the Drakets l.tell s¡te andMuseum and the ghost town of P¡ thole. We wi I I enjoy abuffet luncheon at Cross Creek Resort an,d cont¡nue onour journey to Chautauqua. We wi I I un load and get s i t-uated at the Qua I i ty Court Mote I near the Chautauquagrounds, and then continue to the Chautauqua lnstitutiong rounds whe re v,,e wi I I have d i nne r and en joy the SymphonyConcert în the Amphitheater. Sunday morninq we wi I Ihave a guided cruise of Lake Chautauqua aboard the trGad-fìy". We wi I I then have lunch and begin our journeyback to Pi ttsburgh. Cost of the tour is $55. for twinroom; $60. for single room accommodations;$70.. for non-members. This includes transportation, lodging, al I me,als,and al I admissions for the tour.

RESERVATI

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ON FORM FOR T I TUSV I LLE . CHAUTAUQUA TOURAugust l8-19, 1973

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SPECI FY ROOM AC.COMHODATIONS DESI RED:TWI N @S55. per person; $60. S I NGLE; $70 non-mem.

T-îi¿erstand no money cal Eã-Fefunded afterffiust 3, 1973,and I hereby absolve P¡ ttsburgh History .6 Landmarks fromany liability for loss, damage or injury to my person orproperty due to any cause whatsoever.

S igned

HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS BUS TOUR 0ctober 26-28, 1973

Plans are being formulated for our tour of Histofic Annap-ol is. The date is tentative, but the plans are not. l.lewi I I have a private tour of the restorçd district and ahouse and garden tour and a dinner wi th the HistoricAnnapol is Society as vrel I as walking tours and other everùt-sthat b,e wi I I p I an. WATCH F0R M0RE DETA I LS I

\^JE SAVE D THE BEST FOR LAST .

Mark your calendar. now and save your penniesl Wegoing to LONDON I The Tl ME - Early June 197lr.; thejust S495. which includes everything for chartermeals, âccommodation's, tours, entertainment, andmuch more for 7 daVs and 6 nights. MORE T0 C0ME

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f I ight,much,s00N i

PHI,F Supports Changes toCity Zoning Code

Recently Mr. Ziegler, our Execurive Di rector, wentbefore City Council to give testimony concerningproposed changes to the zon i ng code affect i ng res i -dentiaì and parking requi rements in the GoldenTriangle. His testimonY fol lows

We uish to suppot't the p?oposed ehanges in thezoning code for- portíons of the GoLden TriangLe toaLLou- for resídentiaL deueLopment and to eliminateparking requinements that aceompan7 sueh deueLop-ments

At the ?equest of the Department of City P,Lann-í.ngsel)eraL monihs ago ue compLeted a brief study ofsòme of the oLder buildings in the TriangTe to de-tevmine theðr adapt'abíLity for nesidential deueLop'ment. ReeentLy ue also eompLeted studies of thePeoples Bank BuiLding fon the same pu"pose.

Our studies ù)e"e aLL posítíue. l'/e knou that ma,ny

of the oLd buiLdings in the TríangLe th-"! haoe eon-siderabLe anchiteclutal charaeter eouLd be adaptedto resíd,entiaL uae and eould onee again eontributeto a handsome dountown enÐinonment nather than de'traeting fnom it.

Tur w'onk in inner eì,ty neighbonhoo.d nestorationin North síde" south side, l'lanehester and ALLentounhas eonoineed us that there is a grouing market fotapartments in nestored oLd buiLdings in innet citya,oea". Parking ís not a requirement of this manket;Loeation and an intenesting dueLLì-ng unit are,

lle haue eæamined sueh residentiaL adaptiue useprog?ams in a number.of other cities in the UnitedStales; aLL of þhem are suceessfuL. I might eiteBoston, uhere iust fiue Aea?s ago oLd buiLdùngsnea? the uharf area uere dereLiet and unsaLeabLe;then someone began to tunn them into apartments.Today those units nent for $SSO and up pen.month andare onee again eeonomie and enuíronmentaL asaetsfor that historie eity.

Pittsbu?gh is fortunate to hatse one of the feuLiueLy dountouns í,n the nation. But it eould beeÐen more ueLL used, mo?e safe' 'mo?e enioyabLe í.fpeopLe eouLd not onLg uork and pLay in dountoun butì,f they eouLd Li.oe there.

I'le need a LioeLy dountown. We need' to reduee ourdependence on the authmobíLe, lle need to -ínptovethe appearance of nany of the oLden buiLdings. ín theTriangLe. We need to stop uasting the spa.ce inthese buíLdíngs abooe the first fLoor. And ueneed to reuitaLíze our innen eíty atehitectunaL her-itage and adapt ¿t to modez'n uses. By naking theseproposed ehanges to the zoning eode, lte ean moÐemo?e suíftLy touard fulfí.Llíng these goals.

PSPE Contributes to Garden CourtThe P i ttsburgh Chapte r of the Pennsy I van i a Soc ietyof Professional Engineers has contributed the de-sign of the foundation and method of erection ofthe Manchester Bridge Portal Sculptures in theGarden Court of the 0ld Post 0ffice Museum. Thedesign, specified by J. Fred Triggs ê Associates,cal I s for the 20,000 pound scul ptures to be bol tedto a reinforced concrete trapezoidal foundationand welded back to back w¡ th diagonal steel angles.This design will enab'le the sculptures to standwith seemingly I ¡ ttle effort at the south end ofthe Alcoa Foundation Plaza. 0ur thanks to PSPE andJ. Fred Triggs E Associates.

NationalRecognition

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CourthouseCounty Commission Chai rman Leonard C. S

recently received notif ication f rom t''i I I ¡

l,lewe r, execut i ve d i rector of the Penna. H

and Museum Commission, that the AlleghenyCourthouse complex has been added to theRegister of Historic Places, the nationrsof historical ly and archi tectural ly sï9nistructures and sites.

ta i seyam J.lstoricalCoun ty

Nationalcatalog

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"Entry upon the National RegisterrrrMr. l'lewerurrote, i'giu"s national recognition to the historicaland architectural merits of the structure."

0ur Mr. Van Trump has finished a manuscript re-veal ing the history of the County¡s three CourtHouses, whi ch is at present being' reviewed at theUniversity of P¡ttsburgh Press.

DEDICATIOIYS

Mr, Van lrump ü¿th Pastor,John Ganuin at dedieationsenuicee at Caloary AnitedMethodist Church.

CALVARY PLAQUE DED I CATED

The church in P¡ttsburgh that has more Tiffany glassthan any other nob, has an historic landmark plaque.0n Sunday, June 3, Messrs. Van Trump ànd Zieglerattended the SOtfr anniversary celebration of theCalvary Un i ted Methodist Church at Al legheny andBeech Avenues in 0ld Al legheny and presented to the.church one of our landmark plaques that have beenmade avai lable through a grant from the Alcoa Found-atîon.' Mr. Zïegler spoke to the consregation aboutthe architectural values of 0ld Allegheny and thework of PHLF, in that area and Mr. Van Trump elo-quently described the value of Calvary United Heth-odist Church. 0ver 350 people attended the fivehours of festivities.

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