Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
Actually, that picture was probably after 1922 when the Model T was constructed.
Gridlock on the world's most expensive road.
Gridlock on Boulevard of the Allies, the nation?s most expensive road
The road was built in the 1920s and soon "clogged with Model T's at rush hour".
The view is looking east from Woods St. from the top of the two story section of Lawrence Hall. Fire Engine Company #1 firehall is visible beside a large vertical drug store sign on the right side of the street, and 4 or 5 buildings beyond it is the ghosty tower of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. The drugstore is now an adult video store. Even farther back, beside the bridge, you can see a huge warehouse which is now student housing for the Art Institute.
It's interesting that so many buildings from the 1920s or earlier are still there. Depending on whether 432 Boulevard of the Allies is the original building (refaced) or not, and you count the porn shop as 2 buildings, there is something like 9 original buildings in a row from the fire hall east.
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