The neighborhood that used to be next to downtown (Pittsburgh: section 8, homes)

[Uptown kid]

True dat...

[alleghenyangel]

YouTube - Pittsburgh's "Renaissance" and the Price of Urban Renewal

Here's my video about the horrible urban renewal that happened in our city about fifty years ago. Our city wasn't alone, though. This happened in almost all American cities.

[soniqV]

Exactly why I roll my eyes when someone suggests historical preservation on the dome. Oh the irony...

[h_curtis]

Originally Posted by stburr91

Not really, it wouldn't be different than any of the other run down parts of the city, and in need of major redevelopment. The redevelopment in the 60's served/ is serving it's purpose, it was the right thing to do.

I get a kick out of people thinking, wow the lower Hill would have been great left alone. What planet are these people from? Look at the beautiful buildings in East Liberty, Friendship and Highland Park and what happened to those areas? They may never fully recover. The lower Hill would have been a slum. The depressing part are the places that have become really bad, not the places that were torn down. The lower Hill has a chance now. It would have had little chance if it still stood there as it did many years ago. You would have to relocate all those people like in the Hill District.

I am thankful that the lower Hill was wiped out. It served as a buffer between downtown and the Hill. Maybe now it will be okay? I don't know.

[h_curtis]

Originally Posted by soniqV

Exactly why I roll my eyes when someone suggests historical preservation on the dome. Oh the irony...

Yeah, why not build another Northview Heights instead?

[stburr91]

Originally Posted by alleghenyangel

The Hill District today is the most dangerous and blighted area of the city. It could hardly have declined more by leaving it alone. Chances are, if left alone, it would be in better shape than today.

You are forgetting that the redevelopment of the Hill District brought in a lot of tax dollars to the City over the years. Many of those years were when the city was in very desperate need of those tax dollars.

Originally Posted by h_curtis

I am thankful that the lower Hill was wiped out. It served as a buffer between downtown and the Hill. Maybe now it will be okay? I don't know.

This is probably the most important role in which the redevelopment has served. It allowed the downtown area to become what it is today.

[soniqV]

Did I say anything about housing projects? I merely pointed out the irony of trying to preserve a building constructed by razing an entire historical neighborhood, on the grounds of history.

[simetime]

Originally Posted by stburr91

Not really, it wouldn't be different than any of the other run down parts of the city, and in need of major redevelopment. The redevelopment in the 60's served/ is serving it's purpose, it was the right thing to do.

Tell that to the people that had to move

[Copanut]

There used to be an African-American that called Lynn Cullen's show and said Urban Renewal really means Negro Removal.

[stburr91]

Originally Posted by simetime

Tell that to the people that had to move

Yes, and in 50 years we'll read about how someone misses the sound of gunfire, and the sight of trash blowing down the streets of old East Liberty. Are you saying we shouldn't redevelopment East Liberty because some people are being displaced?