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Pe.ñrt No.598

Number 88 FalI 1983

( (The Blank \MaII" ExhibitComes to PittsburghLandmarks ís pleased to present thefirsÈ showing outside New York Cíty of''THE BLANK tr{ALL: TIIE NEw FACE OF DOI,üN-

TOI,IN." This exhibit of BB color photosr^ras created by trüilliam H. !'lhyte, oneof Americafs most asËute observers ofthe urban scene and author of The SociaLLífe of SmaLL Urban Spaces. The photosof modern office towers, civic and con-venËion ceriters, hotels, eÈc. dramati-ca1ly illustrate tr{hyter s belief thaËthe blank wall is becomíng the domi-nant feature of many downtohms: nel^¡

buíldíngs are constructed with window-less concrete, glass, or granite wallswhích span city blocks. Gone is thetradítional mix of shopfronts, neürs-stands, and small business buíldingsthaL sheltered rrstreet 1ife" hospitably.

In view of recenË downtornm build-ing activity in Pittsburgh, rrTHE BLANKI^IALL" exhibit offers tirnely eommenËaryabout the socÍal impact of urbanarchitecture. "Pittsburghrt' accord-ing to lrlhyte, "comes off very wellwhen compared to the blank-wa11 trendin other American cíties. PitËsburghis very much a street town.tl

"THE BLANK I^IALL" opened in Ne¡¿ Yorklast February and was favorably re-viewed in Time magazine and TheChrLstian Science Monitor. The exhíb-it will be on view at The Old PostOffice Museum through September 30.Museum hours are Monday through Satur-day, 10 to 4:30; Sunday 1 to 4:30.Admissíon is free to members.

LEONA THEATERPremiere for PHLFMembers and Friends

Iodny's rmtLti-sereened theater eom-pLeæes cannot ritsaL oLder mouie housesfor eLeganee and grarzdeur. The LeornTheater, pictu.r,ed here, opened onNouernbez, LL, L925; ít uas the prideof Homestead catd the shoucase for motionpicttæes and uaudeuiLLe aets. DemoL-ished i,n L983, the theater is nozù eom-memorated ín a sLide/tape shou uhiehpz,enrLeres at Lcttdmavks on Nouember 9.

The premiere of ttleona: Portrait of aPÍct.ure Palace" wÍIl be held at 7:30 p.nin The O1d Post Office Museum on Inlednes-day, November 9--just t\'üo days and 58years afËer the Leona Theater opened inHomestead. The million-dollar picturepalace \,üas the showcase for motion píc-tures, vaudevílle acts, family matineesand rock concerts frorn 1925 throughthe 1970s. Early in 1983, the Ëheaterwas demolished much Ëo the Císmay oflocal residents and Landmarks.

In order to preserve the memory andlife of the Leona Theater, freelanceproducers Eric Davin and Anita Alveriohave created a slide/tape presentationwhich illustrates and describes thetheaterts history and main characters.Following the premiere of the slide/tape show on November 9, there wíllbe a panel discussion led by Ed Blank,theater crític with the PittsbutghPress, Dr. Davíd Wilkins, an archí-tectural historian and direcËor of theUniversity of Pittsburgh ArË Gal1ery,and Marí1yn Levín, director of Pitts-burgh Filn Makers. The panelisÈs willdiscuss the fate of Èhe Leona in re-lation to the lífe cycles of othertheaters ín PitËsburgh and throughoutthe United States.

The Leona Forum is hosted by Land-marks and funded by a grant from thePennsylvanÍa Humanities Council. Ad-mission is free to Ëhe public.

Donations to The Old Post Office MuseumOur collection of cosËumes, artifacts,and memorabílía contínues to gro\^Ithrough the donations of members andfríends. Recent additions to the cos-Èume holdings include: 82 itens givenby hlillian R. ScoËt featuríng l,{orld I,JarI equipment; a selection of uniformsand accessories from Mrs. Ralph Gleason;garments and accessories from the míd-19th century through the 1950s donatedby Mrs. Bruce R. Martin; famíIy clothingdonated by Francís B. Ninick, Jr. andEleanor H. Nimick; a haird-embroideredchristening robe from Nancy B. McGough;a dance-band uniform hat given by Chrís-tíne Flening; and, an anonymous gift ofthree dresses, e.1910.

Other contributions to the collectíonhave eome from Mr. & Mrs. Edwín trüest r¿hodonated a pair of fancy-work picturesset in chenille and feathers; Jane Koept,who gave a souvenir cream pitcher r¿híchdepict,s the Allegheny Post Offiee;Edward C. Kudlac, who contributed a com-memorative program of the CenËennialCelebration of Brown Chapel A. M. E.

Church; and, the estate of Harold Lyke'long-time Landrnarks I volunteer, whichpresented the Museum with marionettes'a stage, and other puppetry objects.

Not all Landmarks t recent acquisitionshave come through Lhe generosíLy of do-nors: we recently purchased a stained-glass window of the seal of PittsburghwhÍch had come into the possession cf acollect.or ín Californía.

40,000 VisitorsSínce the openíng of The Pittsburgh Chil-drents Museum on June 12 ín the lowergallery of the Old Post Office, 40,000people have visited tr¿o museums r¡ith oneadmissions ticket. fn order to promoLeËhe North Síde cultural institutions(Landmarkst museum, The Childrenrs Muse-um, BuhI Science Center, the Aviary, andImaginarium), a handsome brochure wasrecently printed thanks to a grant fromMeltron Bank. The brochure r,¡i1l be mailedto schools and conununity groups through-out r¿estern Pennsylvania.

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Rehabilitation ReviewRenaissance II has given architecturalimpact and verve t.o Pittsburghts GoldenTriangle. Shimmering new-born monolithsto\^rer above the urban landscape' Butthis celebrated high-tide of redevelop-ment is only Part of the story. Tt isaccompanied by an undercurrent of buíld-ing rehabilitation.

No downtovrn landmarks have yet beenrestored to oríginal specificaEions, and

Pennsylvania Station, the potential flag-ship of restoration activity, remaíns inlÍrnbo. But numerous buildings--from thearchitecturally significant to the merelyfunctional--have been granted new vígor'A positive real estate and developmentclimate, generally lower cosËs for re-habilitation than for nerrr construction,and federal tax credits for rehabilita-tion of properties listed on the Nation-al Register of Historic Places have allbeen crucial motivators. Unfortunately,while each project ís laudatory in prín-ciple, each varies in quality and i-n

degree of resPect for the existingstructure.

The Buhl BuildingThe blue and whi-te terra-cotta panels

of the Buhl Building at 205 Fifth Avenuemark it as one of dovmtownrs most ani-mated buildings. Designed in 1913 byJanssen & Abbot, it Ís being rehabili-tated for the Lirudo Company, Allen Dunnarchitect. The city Historic ReviewCommission has overseen the project be-cause the building is part of the MarketSquare Historic District designated bythe cíty. The BuhI Building will dis-play consistent signage and an unusual-Iy careful use of aluminum replacementr¿indows matched to the briginals. How-ever, the fate of the scarred firstfloor granite veneer, ê c. 1930 alter-ation, remaíns unclear at thís time.

The Hartley Rose BuildingArchitects Janssen & Abbot also de-

signed the Beaux-Arts style HartleyRose Buifding at 425 Fífth Avenue.Rehabilitation plans for the 1907 build-ing were dravøn by llilliams/Trebilcock/Whítehead, architects, for Fírst AvenuePartners. This well-executed project,characterízed by relatively unobtrusívewindow replacement, \^Ias planned to Lakeadvantage of federal tax credits to beshared by tenant investors. It comple-ments the previously renovated FortPitt Commons building across the street.

The Century BuildingRehabilitation of the Century Build-

íng at 130 Seventh Street reav¡akenedthe coloration and texture of íts rich-ly ornamented terra-cotta and copperfacade, - Architects Rutan & Russelldesigned the l2-story Beaux-Arts struc-ture in 1907. The rehabilitation' byarchitect George Anderson for theNavarro Realty Company r \^ias recognizedwith a 1933 PHLI preservaLion award.

The Magee BuildingThe Magee Building, designed c. L892

by promínent architect Frederick J.Osterling, is located in the heart ofthe financial quarter aL 346 FourthAvenue. It is popularly known for itscoffee shop and for the fíligree metal-work of its double-arched street-levelfacade. The metalwork ís newlY un-covered, cleaned,and restored as partof a building rehabilitation by Max-well Mayo, architect, for the UníonNational Bank. This Romanesque struc-ture is one of a series of historicbuíldings owned and occupíed by thebank on the south side of FourthAvenue. One of these, 300-308 I'üood

Street, has recenËly benefiÈed from6. thorough cleaníng.

At L0L-L03 tloodStreet, dz'astierehabiLi.tatíonhas tmfoz'tunate:r,esuLts.

Liberty Avenue606 Liberty Avenue is the former

Meyer and Touasson department sÈoredesigned in 1910 by McClure & Spahr.Its rehabílitation entailed a rebuiltcornice and inappropríate single-panewíndows; but ornamental metalwork andthe ivory clarity of the cleansed terra-cotta facade make the building an un-deniable asset to LibertY Avenue.

The 606 Líberty Avenue project high-lÍghts two principles. 1) The use ofproper building cleaning technique isa hÍghly effective rehabilitation tooI.Cleaning accentuates a buildingts oríg-inal deËailing and coloration. Thisis amply demonstrated by the Buhl,Hartley Rose, and Century BuÍldings.2) The use of inappropriate replace-ment windows is a coûtmon rehabÍlitationpitfall. This failing is displayed bymany downÈown project.s, includÍ-ng someof the more notable ones, Such wi.ndowsare unobtrusive at best; disastrous at\^/orst. 900 Penn Avenue ís a elassicexample r¡here the chosen replacementwíndows are much too small for the orig-inal openings and severely compromisethe structurers hlstoric integrity.

316-322 Boulevard of the AlliesAn addÍtional rehabilitation prob-

lem is demonstrated at 316-322 Boule-vard of the Allies where the excellentupper-story rehabílitation stands outin contrast with the nearly-identicalunrehabilitaEed structure next door(310-314). Unfortunately, the entryarea I¡Ias rebuilt \,rith flush blond woodín a manner contrary to the buildingtsoríginal character.The Former Americus Club

At. 2II-2I9 SmiËhfield SËreer, theformer Americus Club building will for-ever be awkward and problematic becausenearly one-third of it was sl-iced offfor the widening of the Boulevard ofthe Allíes in c. L920. RehabiliÈationhas ímproved the buildingrs cosmetícappearance, but storefront remodelingdid 1íttle to sÈabiTí-ze the buÍlding'svisual lack of balance: the spacíng ofthe first floor openings fails to lineup with the configuration of the upperstories.

The Magee BuiLding dLspLays reneuedmetaLuork and ozmate ea.vued stone de-taíL uhiLe tmdengoi-ng z'ehabíLitation.

The Hefron-Tillotson/rOr-rO3 Wood Stre

T¡¿o final examples of downtohTn re-habílitation províde an ínstructÍvecontrast of methodologies. The HefronTilloÈson Buílding at 306 Seventh Ave-nue and the buílding crosstown at 101-103 tr{ood Street are both modest four-story lLalianaËe structures wíth newlyrehabilitated storefronts, refurbishedcast-iron upper stories, and, alas,missing cornices. The SevenÈh AvenuerehabÍlitation clearly accentuates thebuildingts original characËer and ar-ticulation of stories and fenestrationOn l^Iood SËreet, however, all windor¡swere replaced with highly inappropriatsingle panes and the entire facade r¡aspaínted fire-engine red, rendering ita vacant-eyed caricature of an historíbuilding.Conclusion

This sampling of recent downtownrehabilitation projects chronicles theunsung dimension of Renaissance II.Rehabilitations executed r¿ithout benevolent care, or regard for city and federal preservation guídelines, have notfared well. OËher rehabilitation pro-jects are quality rebirths of importanhistoric buildings. fn balance, reha-bílitation activj-ty makes a positívecontribution to both the economichealth and contemporary physical land-scape of the city by asserting the contínued viability of downÈov¡nrs historíscale and character.

Kennywood Casi

Kennywood Park in Inlest Mifflin hasattracted countless thrill-seeking, re

reation-minded Píttsburghers since itsopening in the surnmer of 1899; and, although much of the amusement parkrsappearance has been altered in the in'Lervening years, Kennywood visitorsin 1983 continue to be attracted to ot

of its original features: the Kennywtrestal¡rant. This past May 16, Landma:president Arthur P. ZiegLet, Jr" andboard member James Bibro visited Kenn'wood to designate the restaurant asa historic landmark"

The Kennywood Casino--as it wasknown at fírst--has become a tradi--tional focal point and gathering placRe.freshments have always been servedat the structure, making it the oldesrestaurant ín continuous use locatedanywhere in the area.

The rest.auranË iniLially featuredan open-air design r¿hich was the workof George S. Davldson, Kennywoodtschief engineer. The restaurant \,tas¿nclosed in various stages during the1930s and 1940s and has undergone subsequent renovations as we1l. Today tbuilding retains its original woodcolumns and metal ceiling.Survey StumperVÍ-rginia and New Jersey have specialmeanÍng for Allegheny County's SouthHíl1s. l{hy?fhe South Hí,LLI üas eons'Ldered part oViz'ginia unt¿L L779, Because of themang Neu Jez,sey settLers uho Liued inFom¡ard Toanship from L760 to the LB7

it was calLed the ttJez,sey SettLement.

Sixth Annual Contribute to a Chapter ofAntiques Show Life and, Architecture in pittsburghThe sixth annual Antiques Show will beheld in the east rnrarehouse at SËationSquare on October L4, 15, and 16. Thisis Pittsburgh History & Landmarks mostsuccessful annual fundraising event,attracting about 5,000 people from thetri-state area. Members of Landmarkswill receive an inviËation to Èhe pre-view parËy on October 13, from 5 p.ur.to B:30 p.rn.

Over 45 antique dealers from Connect-ícut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts,Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,Virgínia, I,{est. Virginía--and even London,England--will exhibit a fine selectionof 18th- and 19th-century furniture,silver, jewelry, and porcelain. Accord-ing to manager Jack Squires, ttdealerscome because they recognize Ëhe qualityof our show. Unlike oËher shows whichalso feature collectables, ours is atrue antiques show with all ítems datingfrom 1900 and earlier."

The Antiques Show provídes an excel-lent opportuníty for members of LandmarksËo become involved in t.he work of theFoundation. About 30 members volunteereach year to sel1 Èíckets, hand out pro-grams, watch booths while dealers breakfor dinner, and help unload and load an-tiques. Please caLL 322-L204 if. you wouldlike to offer one hour of your time oran entire weekend.

The Antiques Show hours are 1 to 10 p.m.on Friday and Saturday, I to 6 p.m. onSunday. Admission is $3.00. Parking isavailable in the east lot next to thervarehouse. I,Je look forward to seeing you.

Survey Field \Mork Docents Graduate Phipps ConservatoryNearing Completion FromTraining Course Restoration CampaigOctober 3 marks the completion of thefield work for the Allegheny CountySurvey of Historic Sites. This four-and-one-ha7f-year project has involveda team of three to five staff members,ínterns, and volunteers ¡¿ho have trav-eled 745 square miles and completednearly 6,000 data cards on approxi-mately71000 sítes that are of interest forseveral reasons: the structure typifíesbuilding in the area; is unusual forits style or integrity; is a fineexample of a common building style;and/or possesses historical significance.Nearly 1,000 rolls of film were used torecord the structures. Approximately275 sítes and 50 districts have beenidentified as possibly eligíbIe forlisting on the NaËional Register ofHistoric Places.

The $400,000 project has beenfunded by Department of Interior grantsthrough the Pennsylvania Historical &

Museum Commissioo, R. K. Mellon Founda-tion, Allegheny County Department ofDevelopment, Víra I. Heinz Fund of ThePittsburgh Foundation, the Físher Char-itable Trust, and through matchínggrants from Landmarks.

The e<litorial and photographic in-formation compiled for the AlleghenyCounty survey has already proven tobe a useful tool for preservationists,planners, historians, architects, andeducators. IË continues to províderesearch informatíon upon whichLandmarks t tours and publícations arebased. This survey will be the sourcefor a major publication documentingËhe architectural history of AlleghenyCounËy. 0rígina1 survey forms andphotographs are on file in Harrisburgat the Bureau for Historic PreservationÍn the lJillian Penn Memorial Museum andArchives; a duplicate set exists atLandmarks.

lüe are pleased to announce that l4rs.Karl J. Ferrell, Mrs. Frank R. OrHara,and Mrs. H. N. Rosenberg recently grad-uaËed from Landmarksr second docenttraining course. They now join theranks of our qualified tour guides.The docent training course was conductedby Tamara Dudukovich, who coordinatedLandmarkst tour program this summer.Her capable volunteer help--on a full-time basis June through August--wasgreatly appreciated by Landmarksr staff.

Phipps Tour

Landmarks will mark Phipps Conservatoryrsnínetieth anniversary with a guided tourfocusing on the restoration in progress,and slide lecture about Pittsburghrsparks and sculpture. Thís tour is sched-uled for Saturday, September 24 at 1 p"rn,(Please note this change in date fromthe tour maílíng card.)

The tour fee is $4.50 for members and$6 for non-members; this includes a dona-tion to the Phípps restoration fund. Forreservations, caLI 322-L204. The dead-line is September 22.

fn honor of Jamie Van Trump's 75th birth-day this year, Landmarks is publishing alírnited hardbound edition of his mostmemorable scholarly articles and personalessays. The book is titled Life and An-ehitectuz,e in Pittsburgh and will bereleased on November 10.

inle invite each of our members to con-tribut.e to this anthology; contributorswí1l be listed in the book as long aswe receive your donation by September 29.

James D. Van Trump, co-founder ofLandmarks in \964, is the supreme histor-ian of the architectlrre of the Pittsburgh

area. It has been his study for overyears. l,lithout him, our architecturalhistory in general r¿ould be no more ttdisjointed bits of knowledge and legeraccepted as fact. This publicatíon gipermanence to his lifefs work.

Life and Architeettæe i,n PittsburgVcombines in a readíly-accessíble formselectíon of Jamiers wrítings otherwisto be found only in old magazine volunephemeral ner¡/spaper supplements, radictapes from I{QED-FM broadcasts, and un-published manuscripts. There are Schcarly essays about the Gothic Revival jPittsburgh, temples of finance, influ-ential architects and landmark build-ings, as well as essays descríbingJamiefs reminíscenses and his observa-tions of life today: accounts of man-sions--and mansion builders--that roseand fell, of memorable moments of aboyhood in the East End, of splendidmornings and evenings. All is relat-ed in a leisurely, literate, highlyexpressíve style that is quite rarein the modern world. The anthologyalso includes an introduction byArthur P. ZiegLer, Jr., a biographicalsketch by editor l,tralter C. Kidney, anindex of architects and buí1dings,and a comprehensive bibliography ofJamie's writings sínce L947.

Thís anthology will indeed be amemorable birthday present for Jamie,and a valuable book for Pittsburgh.If you would like to contribute, yourcheck can be made payable to PHLTand referenced for t'Van Trump" book.

Celebratíng iËs nínetieth anniversarythís year is Phipps Conservatory, Pitburghrs GreaL Glass House and one oflargesË conservatoríes in the r¿orld. -

was designed in 1893 by the renownedgreenhouse firm of Lord and Burnham. I

Restoration Committee of Phipps Conse:vatory, an auxiliary of Landmarks, isbeginning a $3,000,000 fundraising carpaign to contribute to the more than$7r000,000 restoration program novü

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The conservatory, donated by HenryPhipps (1839-1930), stíll contains sorof the original plants installed in 1{acquired from the Columbían Expositíorin Chicago r¿hich closed in that year.

ArchaeologicalPreservation GroupIs EstablishedLandmarks welcomes a ne\d preservati-ongroup in the city, the Contnittee onPittsbu.r,gLt ArchaeoLogy and Hi,stot g(CPAH). Organized by a consortíum ofarea archaeologists and historians,CPAH seeks to promote the preservatíorof PiËtsburghts buried heritage, herefore a relaËíve1y neglected aspect oflocal preservatíon. Landmarkst obviorcontribuËíon to CPAHTs effort is theAllegheny County survey, which, inidentifyíng historíc buíldings andstructures, provides clues as to whatlies beneath. Archaeologists havealready been involved with the work o:Landmarks Ín Avella, Pa., wíth Meado¡¿-croft Village and in Carnegie with thrNevílle House. CPAH was formed becaurof the recent success of Carnegíe In-stÍtutets archaeological dig at thePPG síte in Market Square.

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lkry Alice icn^_t4r. Atan rrÀ.iî'l4arcia I. LanbDorothy J. Larj:mer-Chris & Susan lfartinlf.. ¿ ¡tr". Sanf ord F. IfarrinJames A. l,lcGovernSherri }fÍkrutJoanne yÍ1lerPreservatíon Fund of pennsylvaníaGwendolyn R. pricel.fr. Joseph C. RoccoSusan RosenbersMr. Ililes RirrñasrerIfr. Harry y. RunyanYrs. Barbara SablaricNorma G. ScheidemantefIfrs. AÌbina SenkoJennifer GarlÍd-shemanW. S. Skel1vDouglas à A1Ída Sterlin¡;I'fs, Susan SuhyHelen ThorntonIfr. Walter F. ToergeIfiss }lary Jane UpcraftCongressman Doug l.JalgrenMr. & ilrs . John K. I.rers íngWest }fifflin Area School DistrictJane H. Whartonl'{s. Judy Sue i{o1f son

Capital Campaign Contributors

Businesses & FoundationsThe Brooks FoundationFisher Scientific CompanyThe Helen Clay Frick FoundationHeppenstall ColrpanyThe Hillman Foundation, Inc.Howard Helnz Endov¡rnenttr{.P. Snyder Charítable FundWestinghouse Electric Corporation

Members and Friendsi'frs. Sarah S. AustenPlary Virginia Bauerllrs, F. J. AutenreithMiss E1Ízabeth R. BradleyMr. & Ifrs. William BlockMr. & Ilrs. Gilbert BroffMr. Fitzhugh L. Brov¿nMr. & Mrs. James F. ComptonMr. & I'lrs. Aims C. Coney, Jr.Mrs. John DrewMr. & l'{rs. Jerome A. EarleyI1r. 6, Mrs . S igo FalkFerry Electric Company

Dr. & Mrs, Jarnes CilmoreÌ.fr. & Ilrs. Thomas F. HalloranIfr. & Ilrs . Malcolm H. Hammer-schlagIlr. Paul !1. Hickoxl{r. & }frs . Gordon C. HurlbertMs. Eleanor R. Ke1lyIfr. David A. KleerIfiss Anna E, KunsakÌ.fr. Paul LongIlr. James B. l.lann)fr. Robert B. IfcKinlevIfrs . Howard }lil lerIfr. & Urs. Thomas J. ]ÍurrinNorthern Light CompanvMr. & Mrs. Christopher PassodelisIfrs. Jacknan PfoutsIfrs. Cleveland D. ReaMr. & ifrs. Henry A. SârgentI1r. & ì"{rs. Edward H. SchoverI'lr. Milan SpanovichMr. & Ifrs, Jack C. TookeMr. Robert F. I.lohleber

Welcome lVew MembWe welcome themarks. ro,r.

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¿ u". t io,, ] ï"::ff ':".. i;Ívation.Shelly K. AncirewsÌose Maríe Barrante.yrs. Sharon Baskinl[s. Claire ]f. BassertMs. E_llen Il. BoderYr. ro, Brighamcasey Brov¡nI4argaret D. BrownMÍss phyllis C¡niM.- c:' ;;".iiir'.i., r,.Mr. i{il1 DennísRuth Deursch FamÍtyElsie B. DiakMr. Roger A. EdwardsMarie S. EnanuelMr. Paul C. EmeryMrs. Karl J. FerrellMiss Georgíanna GlumacMiss Ruth Etra GolickMr. & Ilrs. Edward GreenewaldPhylis & Patricia HarbisonS. James HarrisMs. Lois G. HertzMr. John F. HeydaMr. Wayne K. HornrenChris & Adrienne IrwinRichard JenkinsIlrs. Laird S. KaufmanIlrs. William B. KiesewetterJeffrey & Nancy Kline Family

l^le greatly appreciate the following contributions to our Capital Campaign.Over 300 me¡nbers and friends have supported us to date, as well as 50 foun-datíons, corporations, and businesses. Contributions received after Augustwill be acknowledged in the next issue of PHLF Ileus.

Real Estate NewsLandmarksr Revolving Fund, generously supported by many pittsburgh founda-tíons and indÍvidua1s, is one of the most successful in the nation, TheFund is used strictly for bricks and mortar pro-iects rhaÈ will initiateor further neighborhood revítalization. In order to replenish the Revolv-ing Fund, we continue to offer and se11 our residential properties in theMexican lJar streets, Manchester, and south side, sixteen properties bavebeen sord in the låst two-and-a-ha1f years, in spite of a depressed real.estâte market. This sales record is proof Ëhat the neíghborhood restora_tion programs âre successful, severar properties are stilr availabre;please call 322-1204 for complere details.

Troy Hill RestorationBoard member Mary Wohleber has informed us that Mr. & )frs. patrick ì.fcNal1eyare restoring their house at 1829 Lowrie street on Troy Hil1. The Eastlakehouse, built in the 1at.e 1880s, was covered wíth insulbrick in the f930s.The McNalley's are no\.{ uncovering and restorlng the original wood siding,decorative trirn, and door and window hoods.

Zachary's Delicatessen, Mexican 'War StreetsThe opening of zachary's at 527 Taylor Avenue is a welcr:me sign of com-mercial life in the Mexican l{ar streets, Delicatessen hours are from11:30 a.m. to B:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, ll a.m, to 6:30 p.m. onSaturday, and 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sundav.

A Request from The cornerstone ó-b"If you are interested in se1líng any antiques through The Cornerstone storein station square, please carr 765-1042. practically every kind of antiquehas been sold at The cornerstone, from old horseshoes to a six-foot-long1BB0 rtalian walnut sideboard. Also available is a consignment book whichwill display photographs and a description of your ítem ii it is too largelo display at The cornerstone. This invitation rnay provide members ¡¿iththe lncentive to search attÍcs or basements for treasures "in storase."

PHLF Neu,s is a quarterly publication of Pittsburgh History

EditorPresidentArthur P Ziegler, Jr

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Louise King Fe¡gusonGraphic Design

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"An Old Allegheny Christmas" Tour

Calendar of Events

SepÈember f - 30

September 24Saturday

September 25Sunday

Dctober 13llhursday

October 14, 15, 76Friday - Sr-rlr'ìay

ilovember 9

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December 10 & 11Saturday & Sunday

"THE BLANK I^]ALL: THE NEI^I FACE oF D0IIINTOI^IN"Featured exhibit in The Old post Office Museum

TOUR OF PHIPPS CONSERVATORY1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

SMITHFIELD STREET BRIDGE PARADE2 p.m., Vehicles from the horse-and-buggy erato the present day will parade from the CivicArena across the bridge to Station Square.

PRNVIEI^I PARTY FOR TIIE ANTIQUES STIOi^I

5 p.rt. to 8:30 p.ür.East I'larehouse, StaËion SquareAll icenrbers invited; $20 per person

SIXTH ANNUAL ANTIQUES SHOIIL p.*. to l0 p.rn. Friday & Sarurday; 1 to 6 p.m.Sunday. East Inlarehouse, Station Square

''LEoNA: PORTRAIT OF A PICTURE PALACE''Special slide presentation and panel díscussion7:30 p.m., Old Post Office Museum

''AN oLD ALLEGHElly CHRISTMAS,, T0UR4 p.*. to 9 p.m., Allegheny tr{est

This December l0 and 1l, 11:e Allegheny l,Iest civic council isagain pran;ring ro celebrate An )La AlLegheny chrdstmas, fea-turing gui,led tours of sÍx rest.ored victorian homes decoratedfor a turn-cf-Ehe-century holiday. From 4 p.*. to 9 p"rn. onl¡ot.h Saturd.ay and sunday there will be caroling, tree-trimming,and a chance for visiËors to watch christmas foocs being pre-pared. TickeEs for t.his evenE ($6 each) are limited.; reser-vations are required. Please call Allegheny west civic council(323-3384) for more informarion.

Neville House Designated National HistoricLandmarkon August 15, Landmarks was informed that James !tratt, secretaryof the rnterior, designated the Neville llouse a National His-tov'ic Land::nrk. This is the highest possible federal desig-nation, awarded in recognÍtion of the national significancã ofthe property. The virginian vernecurar structure, located onRoute 50 near carnegie, t^¡as buirt in 1785. rn Lgl 4, Landmarksacquired the family mansion of Revolutionary war hero GeneralJoh' Neville. since then, the Nevilre House Auxiliary hasraised funds to fully restore the exterior; funds are pres-e'tly being ratsed for interior re.sL.ration and furnishíngs.Smithfield Street Bridge Centennial CelebrationThe Smithfiel<i Srreer Eridge,joining downtown Pittsburghwith Station Square and theSouth Side, has spanned theMonongahela River for 100years. This is no sma1l featgiven the life-span of mostbridges in Pittsburgh. Com-pleted in 1883 to the designsof Gustav Lindenthal, theSmithfield Street Bridge srillretains its distinctive lentic-ular-truss silhouette, in spiteof several modifications tomeet present-day standards.

In honor of its centennial,Landmarks and Station Squarehave planned a series of spe-cial events. Two souvenirshave also been created: ahandsomely-printed color pos-ter (22" x 32t') featuring awatercolor by noted artistHenry Koerner, and a commemor-ative envelope canceled by theUnited States Postal Service.Both the posrer ($A.gS) andthe envelope ($2,00) are available at The cornerstone store instation square, or can be ordered by calling Landmarks (322-1204).The finale of the smithfield streer Bridge celebration is on sun-day, september 25 at 2 p.r.: a parade of vehicles from the horse-and-buggy era of the 1880s to the present will proceed from thecivic Arena across the Bridge to station square. owners of an-tique-cars may participate by registering with r,an¿rnarks--and any-one willing to dress-up ín an old-fashioned costume may do so andwalk the parade route. people must be identified by par of dressl

Pittsburgh Heritage in Review

Sixty-six public school students andteachers participated thís summer inPITTSBURGH HERITAGE--a seven-day explor-ation of PitËsburgh history and archí-tecture. The pilot program was fundedby the Henry C. Frick Educational Commis-sion; admission was free for each per-son and every applicant was accepted.

So much was packed into each dayfrom 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. that it isdifficult to summarize: there werewalking tours of the Mexican llar Streets,Station Square, McKees Rocks, and dornm-town Pittsburgh; rídes on the GatewayClipper and up the Monongahela Incline;sketching, writing, and creating a 25-foot mural charting the course route;and, lunchtime dips in several Pitts-burgh founËains helped ease the heatof June and July days.

School teachers who participatedplan Ëo incorporate PITTSBURGH HERITAGEin their curriculum during the forth-coming school year. The 11 slide/tapeprograms used in the workshop andcurrÍculum guides can be borrowed byany school teacher who is a member ofLandmarks.

ThE TCSU1TS Of PITTSBURGH HERITAGEsurpassed even our expectations. Theenthusíasm of the students and teachersis best conveyed through these photos.

Apprenticeship The Chairman's ColumnRepriseThe 1983-84 academic year will onceagain províde an opportunity forselected eleventh and twelfth gradestudents ín Allegheny CounËy to beapprentices in historic preservatíonand architecture. Landmarks is con-ductÍ-ng a workshop series, ËitledDimenszons of Archi.tectuz'e, as partof the Arts Apprenticeshíp Programsponsored by the Gifted and TalentedEducalion Program of the AlleghenyIntermediate Unit,

The Apprenticeship agenda focusesequally on historic preservation issuesand the contemporary practice of arehi-tecture. Discussion topics range fromarchitectural styles, to mechanicalsystems, to the architectural principlesof sEructure and scale. The students,all wilh an expressed Ínterest in pre-servation andfor architecËure, willinvestigate resídential rehabilitat.ionin Manehester, adaptive reuse at StationSquare, and contemporary urban designthroughout the Golden Triangle. Afinal session is being planned incooperation with the Carnegie-Me1lonUniversity School of Architecture.The apprentices will meet monthly fromOctober through February, talk witharchitects and other professionals, andcomplete projects to be presented andevaluated at the final session. Appren-ticeship activities will be reviewed inforthcoming issues of PHLF Neus.

Last month ín this column we urged every-one, including our members, to send usne\¡/s or scoops or suspicions of any at-tifacts in their area: old buildings,walls, ovens, mastodon bones--anythíng.üIe guarantee that we ¡¿ill investigateevery such suggestion or hint, such asi-n the case of an embattled structurethat some tturban removaltt team might\'üant to demolish for a parking lot.

Preservation organízatíons thriveon controversy. Indeed controversy íswhat makes the r,sheels of progress goround. So dontt be shy in suggestingany course of actíon to us in our de-sire to make a compatible environmentfor everyone ín the city.

I,iIe report on t\^Io ne¡nrs items from ourmembers. Frank Chabínak called to tellus to go up Arlington Avenue "just be-yond the trestle (not 300 yards fromËhe entrance of StaËion Square) andlook at the free-standing cellar of abroken dor.m ínsulbrick. house." Infe did,and afËer sorne difficulty found an oldinscríption of strange vintage:

Board of Canal ComissionersJames S, Stevenson, PresidentJames Clark, John Mitchell,

Samuel Jones, SuperintendentsSylvester Welch, PrincipalCap Mclaughlin, James McCamey,

Cement EngineersJames SIam (ian?)D. Mi1loy BuÍlders

So who ¡¿hat when where? l,Ie know thereürere canals in Píttsburgh, Beaver, and

Eouyth through siæth gz,ade students aná.teaehez,s attended Session f of PITTSBURGHHERfTAGE í,n Jtme (top gr,oup photo), andseuenth and eíghth grade students and. teaehez,s attended the seeonÅ. session in JuLy.Workshop highl¿ghts ineLuded posíng on thebaek of the tøne, LoueabLe Lion ì.n front ofthe DoLLaz, Sauings Bank, Learning haa totransLate buiLding details onto paper, cndsuecessfulLy taekling the assignnent ofdrauing the spire of the Sm¿thfieLd UnítedChuycLt. ALL the student drø'ti,ngs uere Latecornbined i.n a Zî-foot mtæaL.

Kittanning in the 1820s, t30s, and t40s.trnle dontt remember one along the Mononga-hela. How did the stone get here? hlhowere these genËlemen? trühat is a "Prin-cipal" doíng on Ëhe Board of CanalCommissioners? I,,Iere there ttcement en-gineers"? Tf. so, did they ouËrank thePrincipal or the Superintendent? Itis not an artj-fact of beauty, butit. is of historical curiosity. Canour readers Ëell us in what year thesecommissíoners ruled and over what canal,far removed fronr Arlington Avenue?

Item tr^7o: Our good Strip Districtindustrialíst member, Richard Gaier,called us Ëo ask if we could save theLawrenceville Doughboy--a stunningstatue at the corrLer of Butler andPenn--from being painÈed and ttpreserved"from iËs beautiful brortze patina, a lathe unfortunaÈe galloping sea horses atthe south port.al of the 16th StreetBridge. (l'le did cornplete restorationstudies of the statue and area, and gavethem to the City five years ago.) Mr.GaÍer heard the Doughboy r'ras about to bepainted. hle remembered we were able toget t.he lasË-minute reprieve frompaínting the sea horses a dark choco-lare brown aL the norËh end of the16th Streel Bridge when David OrLoughlinwas the enlightened offícial in charge.So we visited the scene posthaste. Sosorry. Ëoo 1ate, Dick. I{hatever r^ras tobe done to the Doughboy had been done.I{e leave it to our readers to examinethe scene and let us hear their opinions