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The report evaluates downtown circulation and the network of main thoroughfares, diagnosing congestion, steep grades, and inadequate connections that hinder commercial movement and urban growth. It documents deficiencies in mapping and infrastructure, examines bridge and transit relationships, and proposes practical measures — including street realignments and widenings, bridge solutions, and a civic-center concept — to improve traffic flow and reduce transportation costs. Drawings, maps, and coordination with contemporary transit studies support prioritized recommendations aimed at economical public investment to guide orderly expansion and lower business and household expenses.

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Title: Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District

Author: Frederick Law Olmsted

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PITTSBURGH

MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT

East Ohio Street—a two-line thoroughfare

Fifth Avenue—a four-line thoroughfare

Of the 530 miles of main thoroughfares within a radius of seven miles of City Hall, less than one and one-half per cent have room for passage between cars and vehicles, slow-moving or standing at curb. See page 31.

Liberty Avenue—a six-line thoroughfare


PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION

PITTSBURGH
MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO MEET THE CITY'S PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS
A Report

BY

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Prepared under the direction of The Committee on City Planning

ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION
DECEMBER, 1910

324 FOURTH AVENUE FEBRUARY, 1911

Publication No. 8

PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION
H. D. W. English President
J. W. Kinnear First Vice-President
John W. Beatty Second Vice-President
H. J. Heinz Third Vice-President
J. J. Donnell Treasurer
Allen T. Burns General Secretary
O. H. Allerton
T. E. Billquist
Charles F. Chubb
William L. Jones
Morris Knowles
H. L. Kreusler
Joseph W. Marsh
Marcus Rauh
George R. Wallace
Charles F. Weller

COMMITTEE ON CITY PLANNING

  • T. E. Billquist, Chairman
  • Charles F. Chubb
  • Benno Janssen
  • H. J. Heinz
  • Richard Kiehnel
  • E. K. Morse

Copyright, 1911
By Pittsburgh Civic Commission

Mount Pleasant Press
J. Horace McFarland Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania