The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 14

PAGE FOURTEEN THE DAILY COURIER, CONNELLSVILLE, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER I960. Pittsburgh Uses Wrecking Ball for Wash Rag; Loses Filth for Beautiful Face Alcoa's headquarters buUdtaf. anjeerie glow ef the mffli, all-aluminum structure located ifl ithe heart of the Golden Triangle, is one of the architectural mas- The majority pi Pittsburgh's hotel aiv in the downtown area. The availabk of Pittsburgh's renais-; space is frequently sold out in ad- 1 vaace asi the overflow fills sub! Not neglected in Pittsburgh's in-i urban hotels and numerous scheme is electronics, 'tels located on major approaches jWestinghouse Electric Corpora- to city.

For flying visitors, who prefer! lion's big production plant and ot- fiops strMrh for miles 'through the to remain away from the By FREDERICK H. TREESH URJttd Press International PITTSBURGH i Pittsburgh has scoured its dirty face. With a wrecker's ball as its hard-hitting face cloth, this city has emerged from a sooty, smog- shrouded mill town into a place of beauty--physicslly and culturally. The famed Golden Triangle, long a hodge-podge of ill-kept, odd-sized and dirt-encrusted commercial buildings, is sprouting stately skyscrapers at a better than a buiiding-a-year clip. They are rising in a setting of scrupulously landscaped parks.

The historic "Point." where the French and British battled at the jointure of Allegheny. Monon- gshela and Ohio Rivers to control fhp was an i warehouse district only a decade ago. Today, it is a state park where the ancient For: Pit; blockhouse stands in the shadow of the city's newest luxury Around its fringe, a series cf tall office buildings rise from a tree-studded landscape. Proud of Arena But the focal point of Pitts- burghers' civic rcide the SI" iTj'Uio-5 Civic Arena, a dome- shaped, retractable-roofed amphitheater being constructed where the city's worst slums stood only few years a so. The Civic Audioriurn is the centra! feature of a long-range program to redevelop a P-acre tract of sub-standard housing and rundown businesses that crept to the edge of the Golden Triangle.

Pittsburghers hope the auditorium. slated for completion next June, will bring major league hockey and basketball to the city in addition to numerous con- jventions and spectator events. It lalso will house Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera performances during the summer months. The arena's i siiding roof will permit either in- idoor or open air performances. Mellon Park, in the city's commercial hub.

is as functional as it is beautiful. Beneath its tree- lined gardens and marble walks iies a six-level parking garage. It constructed after the wrecker's ball cleared an acre of decaying business properties. Cultural Center improves But while the face of Pitts- district is being lifted at a frenzied pace, the Oakland area is keeping pace. Oakland has long been Pittsburgh's athletic and cultural center, and it will come into prominence next week when the Pittsburgh Pirates play in their first World Series since 1927.

Forbes Field, home of the Pirates, is one of the major leagues' most attractive ball parks. Its is heavily wooded Schen- iey Park which gives the stadium a pleasant environ and its tree- lined outfield wails provide hitters with a background of rather than the outer Daviilions of rnanv parks. A spectacular breakthrough in medicine-- the development of the Salk polio vaccine-- was spawned Field. Dr. Jonas Salk, internationally honored developer of the vaccine, carried on his tedious experimenting in the laboratories of the University of Pittsburgh.

Tallest School Building Pitt's health schools and the several hospitals encompassing its medicai center occupy several acres on a hillside overlooking its 1 -52-story skyscraper campus, the Cathedral of Learning, the world's tallest school building. Within a radius of a few blocks are the Mellon Institute, a privately endowed basic research laboratory; Carnegie Institute, housing a fine museum. library and music land Carnegie Institute of Technology, a respected school for engi- ineering, the sciences and' fine 'arts. While Pittsburghers are justifiably proud of their city's advances in redevelopment and science, they realize the industry which made famous is still its bread anc butter. Headquartered here are U.S.

Siee; and Jones Laughlin two of the nation's largest producers, well several srr.a/.er basic sieel ar.d fabricating firms. Sprawling steelmaker: plant? flank the Monongahela River in heart of Pittsburgh and numerous mil! towns cot the Monongahela and Ohio Vallevs for Turtle Creek valley east of the town turmoil, a complete commit- city. The atomic reactors which power the United States Navy's expanding fleet of nuclear submarines were developed at Westinghouse nuclear center at nearby Bttis Field. Smog If Gone Though the wheels of industry continue to turn, the black smog once associated with steel production and other manufacturing here no longer hovers over The city's smoke control 'first adopted in 1947 and recently revised, require rela: 'tively smokeless fuels for "both industrial and residential consumers. Adherence to these laws, plus the conversion of the railroads to diesel equipment, allowed Pittsburgh to shed its "Smoky Not many years ago, low-lying smog and smoke gave the skies: a twi-light appearance at noonday.

Pittsburgh at night lacks the giamour and b'jsilfe of or Bourbon Street, leaning to-, ward smaller restaurants andi cocktail lounges, a legitimate theater and several movie thea-i ters. Two of the district's bright-; est night spots are in suburban locales far from downtown. But of the newest and most! nity within a buildinf is located at the Greater Pittsburtfi Airport, a 20-minute drive from the Golden Triangle. The $5 million terminal building, housing a hotel, nightclub, restaurants, cocktail lounges and retail establishments all kinds, was completed in the mid 1950s, and ha's met with virtually Democracy Yoke Contest Prepared In (ountyby VFW The Fayette County Veterans of Foreign Wars, are sponsoring a of Democracy" program for high school students. Students will prepare three to five-minute essays pertaining to Americanism, in competition for county prizes and a chance to advance to state and national com- ualified approval from Pitts- burghers and visitors alike.

petition. I Jefea Afcr Perte. The faculty oi each parUdpAl-, John L. Haigh HeCMaod- ing high school will choose itsjtown ealisted in the Air Force representative by Nor. 15.

The land was sent to Lackland, Texas, county winner will be chosen be- for training. fore Nov. 30. Directives to school principals i asking their cooperation have'liam Ganoe, Albert Gallattn; Her- been issued by Harry B. Riffle, iskowitz, German and All Saiats county superintendent of schools, of Masontown; Michael Stacoviak tfcft POV f.

of Brownsville: Oresto DeCarlo superintendent of a i a Redstone; Clayton Wilds, Perry- schools in Fayette County. Lower Tyrone and Bellmarette, cliff on Mount Washington, a high hill traversins th? ciiy along the hanks of the Monongahela. Nighttime In addition to hearty food and liquor fare, the clubs offer a breathtaking nighttime panorama of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle in The Aluminum Co. of America, pioneer in its industry, maintains its headquarters here and one of its prime production facilities is only a few blocks from Forbes in nearby 'Xew Kensington, Pa. lights yet silhouetted against the Pittsburgh's modernistic skyline is at its best after dark when its buildings are emblazened in FREE Transistor Radio With Every Purchase of Hoover Deluxe Canister or Upright Cleaners Smaii Down Payment Convenient Credit Terms! A factory representative will in our applianea department Friday from 1 to 5 P.M.

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