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Pittsburgh Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh & Allegheny County
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| This is the most comprehensive account of the architecture of Pittsburgh and its county published to date. Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture has two main sections. The first, "The Poplar and the Ailanthus," is an essay on the architectural history of Allegheny County. The title alludes to an image found in the essay: the contrast between the Lombardy poplar, an "architectural" tree, elegant and orderly, and the awkward, pragmatic ailanthus, which grows with rude vigor wherever it has a chance. The ailanthus, indeed, can symbolize much of what has come to be in and around Pittsburgh: rough industrial and residential settlements on the river plains and hilltops. Yet we have planted our poplars too, handsome buildings, elegant engineering, good places to show off or to live in, such as the Oakland Civic Center, Edgeworth, Aspinwall, Evergreen Hamlet, Thornburg, or Chatham Village. The essay is illustrated with 63 color photographs of the region and 210 duo tone photographs, many of them archival prints showing buildings and scenes long gone. The second section, "A Guide to the Landmark Architecture of Allegheny County based on a county wide architectural survey conducted by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, discusses pre-1950 buildings, neighborhoods, and engineering works whose preservation the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation wishes to advocate. There are over 1,300 black-and-white photographs in this section. By Walter Kidney |
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