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mlorusso4 t1_itw8xgr wrote

Reply to comment by Charming_Wulf in Envisioned refurbished harbor (circa 1950’s, via City Archives) by Reeyuuk

Wait I’m confused. Fed hill is still clearly there and still a park. Ya you lose the volleyball courts to that weird building with its own highway exit and you lose the unobstructed view of the harbor to the highway, but you gain that small park where the ritz Carlton is now. And from what I can tell this rendering doesn’t show what becomes of the little Italy

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_itwdt2p wrote

When people refer to Fed Hill generally they mean the neighborhood, not the park. Assuming the highway doesn't turn dramatically as soon as it gets off the rendering it would definitely go through Little Italy, and would also cut off almost the entire northern third of Fed Hill.

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DfcukinLite t1_itwl6bz wrote

Otterbein was demolished then and they rebuilt it in its current form once the highway was cancelled. Same with that community off the square in canton

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ppw23 t1_itwuhto wrote

I think Little Italy would have been just fine. Pretty sure Tommy DeAlesandro (Mayor) during that period lived in Little Italy. Nancy Pelosi’s father, her brother also served as Mayor in the 60’s. The area was rock solid. It was one of the few neighborhoods that didn’t have so much as a broken window during the riots which destroyed much of the city.

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