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Ladataan... Pittsburgh Then and NowTekijä: Walter C. Kidney
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Very good for what it is but I must confess I was a little disappointed. The book concentrates on dahntahn architecture whereas I was looking for before/after views of different neighborhoods and suburbs such as Homewood, Wilkinsburg, Munhall, Penn Hills, an'at. ( ) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is often ranked as one of the most livable and attractive cities in the USA. This book reveals it also to be one of the most beautiful. The photos show extraordinarily attractive urban landscapes, with clean and colorful buildings, impressive architecture, and aerial views of the "three rivers" that meet at the city triangle. Other photos show parks, museums, the University of Pittsburgh (with its extraordinary, gothic, Cathedral of Learning), Duquesne University, the Carnegie Museum , and many other sites familiar to residents and visitors. As in other works of the "Then and Now" series, contemporary photos are placed opposite of photos from bygone days of the 1800s and early 1900s. The comparisons emphasize how far Pittsburgh has evolved from the "smoky city" of the steel mill days. I am reasonably familiar with Pittsburgh, but this book opened my eyes to just how attractive the city. This book is highly recommended to residents (current and former), and may well convince travelers who haven't made it to western Pennsylvania to visit this attractive, modern city. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Kuuluu näihin sarjoihinThen and Now (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh and the surrounding region are home to architectural masterpieces designed by such noted architects as Henry Hobson Richardson, including the Allegheny County courthouse and jail. Some of the most important architectural sites in Pittsburgh include places of worship, such as Trinity Cathedral. The city continues to adapt in order to meet the demands of its residents and the world. In Pittsburgh Then and Now juxtaposes specially-commissioned historic photographs with views of the same scenes as they exist today. * Mount Washington is remembered as the vantage point, 400 feet above the Monongahela River, from which the Virginia major of that name spied out the strategic possibilities of the forks of the Ohio River. Now, privately owned, new buildings and public spaces have been added in front of the redbrick Commerce Court. * In 1917, Pittsburghers could see the Allegheny River, the Monongahela, and their formation of the Ohio at the Pittsburgh Point from Mount Washington. The Point is now a park, the old bridges are gone, and the meeting of the rivers is marked by a fountain. * Fifth Avenue looking east from Market Street in 1899, with a typical Victorian mixture of Italianate and indeterminate architectural styles, including a little Gothic, executed mainly in brick and cast iron. A little of the older architecture has survived: the Floyd Building is one of Pittsburgh's finest examples of the High Victorian Gothic style and the Italianate cast-iron front is one of the oldest commercial structures in the area. * In 1921, looking across Liberty Avenue and northward up Sixth Street from the end of Market Street, one would have seen Rosenbaum's department store, Pittsburgh Life Building, and Woolworth. Today the central building is Heinz Hall, which reopened in 1971 as the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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