Oakland (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531622978)

Oakland, located two miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, is a place where people have gone to enjoy rustic tranquility, culture, socialization, entertainment, and education. Through more than 150 years, much has changed in this neighborhood. Where children once caught crayfish, a fantastic skyscraper rose, a Greek Revival villa yielded to a hospital, a trolley barn turned into a sports arena, a fountain was created on a buried bridge, and a hillside cow pasture became a university campus. Bit by bit, this municipal showplace came into being through an attempt to improve the Smoky City by establishing a sprawling museum complex, a vast park, universities, clubhouses, auditoriums, a glamourous hotel, apartments, and a model neighborhood of houses.

Author: Walter C. Kidney, Pittsburgh History &. Landmarks Foundati, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
ISBN-10: 1531622976
ISBN-13: 9781531622978
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2005
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d