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Originally Posted by photoLith
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I moved here right after they tore down the hideous stadium. I will always hate that stadium for helping to a certain extent destroy the exceptionally historic Lower Hill District and its beautiful mid 1800s buildings. However, they started destroying the Lower Hill in the mid 1930s, but the total destruction for the ugly stadium cemented the fate of urban renewal and the further destruction of all of the Hill.
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If that neighborhood still stood it would easily have been in the Top 10 most beautiful American neighborhoods, and Pittsburgh would be considered one of the country's great cities.
Not to derail this but we had our own version of that in Boston with the West End and Scollay Square, not to mention all the damage from the old elevated highway. This picture is enough to make one vomit.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanhoosear/52669144383/