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This collection of photos were taken to
document the completion of the Brookline Boulevard reconstruction
project, which took place in late-1935. During this renovation, the
boulevard was re-routed from
Pioneer Avenue to West Liberty, using the Pittsburgh Railways looping
right-of-way. Bodkin
Street, formerly the 100-400 block of Brookline Boulevard, was blocked off
at Pioneer,
while the Pioneer Avenue/Boulevard intersection was widened and
modernized.
Above, looking towards the rebuilt Pioneer Avenue
intersection - 6/10/36.
June 10, 1936 - Looking towards the
Pioneer Avenue intersection.
June 23, 1936 - Looking southeast from
the intersection with Stebbins Avenue.
June 23, 1936 - Looking northwest from
the intersection with Stebbins Avenue.
June 23, 1936 - Looking southeast from
820 Brookline Boulevard.
June 23, 1936 - Looking northwest from
820 Brookline Boulevard.
June 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Castlegate Avenue intersection from 628 Brookline Boulevard.
June 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Pioneer Avenue intersection from 616 Brookline Boulevard.
June 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Castlegate Avenue intersection from 522 Brookline Boulevard.
June 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Pioneer Avenue intersection from 522 Brookline Boulevard.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - The Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer
Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer Avenue intersection.
July 23, 1936 - Looking towards the
Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer Avenue intersection.
August 11, 1936 - Looking up the newer
section of Brookline Boulevard towards the Shawhan Avenue intersection.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 347 Brookline
Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - The homes at 347 and 351
Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - A view from the new
Brookline Boulevard towards the rear of home along
the 300-block of Bodkin Street, the former Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - Looking along Shawhan
Avenue from Bodkin Street, in the direction of the new Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - The Shawhan Avenue embankment
and the rear of Plainview Avenue homes.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 312 Bodkin Street,
formerly 312 Brookline Boulevard, at the corner with Shawhan Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 401 Bodkin Street,
formerly 401 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - Looking up Bodkin Street
towards the city steps and the Pioneer Avenue/Brookline Boulevard intersection.
August 11, 1936 - Looking along Shawhan
Avenue, from Brookline Boulevard, towards Bodkin Street.
August 11, 1936 - Looking along Shawhan
Avenue, from Brookline Boulevard, towards Bodkin Street.
August 11, 1936 - The new Brookline Boulevard,
retaining wall/railing and Bodkin Street city steps.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 400 Bodkin
Street, formerly 400 Brookline Boulevard.
as seen from the Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer Avenue intersection.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 400 Bodkin
Street, formerly 400 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 400 Bodkin
Street, formerly 400 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - Looking downhill from
Parquet Street towards homes at 136, 134 and 132 Bodkin Street,
formerly 136, 134 and 132 Brookline Boulevard. The home at 132 Bodkin
no longer stands.
August 11, 1936 - Looking uphill towards
Parquet Street from 136 Bodkin Street, formerly 136 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - L. S. Stevenson's general
store at 136 Bodkin Street, formerly 136 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - Ed Seebacher's Sunoco
service station at the corner of Brookline Boulevard and West Liberty
Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - Ed Seebacher's Sunoco
service station at the corner of Brookline Boulevard and West Liberty
Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - Ed Seebacher's Sunoco
service station at the corner of Brookline Boulevard and West Liberty
Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - Homes at 230 and 228
Brookline Boulevard, at the intersection with Kenilworth Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - The homes at 2803, 2005
and 2807 Kenilworth Avenue, next to
Brookline Boulevard, a retaining wall and the Kenilworth Avenue steps.
August 11, 1936 - The homes at 2803, 2005
and 2807 Kenilworth Avenue, next to
Brookline Boulevard, a retaining wall and the Kenilworth Avenue steps.
August 11, 1936 - Looking across Brookline
Boulevard, from Kenilworth Avenue, towards
the homes at 2816 Kenilworth, and 2803 to 2811 Fitzhugh Way.
August 11, 1936 - From Kenilworth Avenue,
looking towards the home at 230 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - From Kenilworth Avenue,
looking across Brookline Boulevard at 2807 Kenilworth.
August 11, 1936 - Looking up Brookline
Boulevard, towards Shawhan and Pioneer Avenues, from Kenilworth Avenue.
The homes on the left are 347 and 351 Brookline Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - The home at 347 Brookline
Boulevard.
August 11, 1936 - The railing along
Brookline Boulevard, looking from Pioneer towards Shawhan Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - Sunoco service station
at the corner of Brookline Boulevard and Pioneer Avenue.
Brookline School, built in 1909, is partially visible in the distance.
August 11, 1936 - Looking towards the
Brookline Boulevard/Pioneer Avenue intersection.
August 11, 1936 - The former Hunter estate
nestled in the trees along the
corner of Brookline Boulevard and Pioneer Avenue.
August 11, 1936 - Myer's Service Station
at the corner of Brookline Boulevard and Pioneer Avenue.
1936 - Looking northwest along Brookline
Boulevard from Chelton Avenue and the Brookline Monument.
1936 - Triangle Grocers, at 924 Brookline
Boulevard. Street and sidewalk improvements are underway.
This store would later become, for many years, Melman's Super Market.
Photo copied from an edition of the Brookline Journal.
* Photos from the City of Pittsburgh Online Archive and the Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection * |
