TomlinsonRunRR posted:jim pastorius posted:Downtown Pittsburgh-not Wilkinsburg. The big, dark building in the left rear is the old market House, I believe. Now a park.
Thanks, Jim. I wondered what the rest of the lettering said.
I got the Wilkinsburg from the original page and may have misread the intent. I don't recognize this part of town but, if I recall, the web page said something about the building on the right being cleaned of city grime.
Great detail, trolleys, cars, and especially that truck in the lower left. That would look great on my carpet layout :-).
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TomlinsonRunRR posted:1950 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Wood Street and Penn Avenue (Wilkinsburg):
(No clompling horses here.)
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That’s a great vintage scene and Jim is correct as that location is definitely in downtown Pittsburgh, not Wilkinsburg. And that market building he pointed out in the rear is the old Diamond Market.
However, the street names are not correct because Wood Street and Penn Avenue do not intersect. Wood Street starts at Liberty Avenue and goes southwest to Ft. Pitt Boulevard. Penn Avenue runs parallel to Liberty Avenue on the other side of where Wood begins at Liberty and coincidently runs all the way to Wilkinsburg.
As you can see in the photo the Diamond market building actually straddled Diamond Street. So this old Pittsburgher believes that photo shows the somewhat complicated intersection of Diamond Street, Ferry Street (off to the right) and Liberty Avenue (running diagonally near the bottom of the photo). Inbound streetcars on routes 64, 66, 67, 68 and 69 followed Forbes Street from Oakland to Diamond Street, came down Diamond Street running through or under the market building, turned left on Ferry Street and then left again on 4th Avenue to start their outbound runs. That first streetcar is turning left onto what I believe is Ferry Street which helps to support my theory on this location.
Can any of you other old Pittsburghers either confirm or correct my theory?
As Jim said the Diamond Market Building was demolished and today there is indeed a park, called Market Square, in that area. What used to be Diamond Street is now Forbes Avenue and I’m not sure what happened to Ferry Street!
Bill
