renovation. MacDon- ald again: “This end of the building had once been a banquet facility, but the space was in terrible condi- tion. The kitchen had been condemned. The roof leaked.
The
kitchen floor was col- lapsed.
The initial
construction esti- mate — $506,000, which included the atrium — was beyond our reach. To date we’ve put about $250,000 into the project. That does not include the atrium, perhaps a project for a later time. Much of that total has been in the form of donations, volunteer labor, and materials and servic- es provided at re- duced cost or for free. Contributions have come from local out- lets of national chains,
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A Century Look at Pittsburgh Public Transit Volume I -- 1900 -1964
Words cannot adequately describe the incredible scope of operations of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. At its peak, Pittsburgh Railways operated 606 miles of trackage (1918) over 68 streetcar routes. Pittsburgh Railways was the first transit operator in North America to place a PCC car in revenue service in August 1936. Over a period of several years, Pittsburgh Railways acquired 666 PCC streetcars, giving it the third largest PCC car fleet in North America. Streetcars operated in both urban settings and on two interurban lines to Washington, PA and Charleroi, PA.
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