Golden Triangle - Pittsburgh 1955
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956
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I love this guys voice...is it me, or did all public speakers sound like this in the 50's? lol
Yes ! Lol
Trans Atlantic accent
Driving in Pittsburgh sucks just as much now as it did 100 years ago.
Bull shit
Hummmmm, and you know this firsthand?
@@MsMichelle1432 I do -- you take your life in your hands!
@@ClueSign Its not really that bad compared to most major cities. Its pretty rare that you end up sitting in traffic for more than 20 or 30 minutes no matter where you want to go (Eastern suburbs to Western Suburbs, South Hills to Cranberry - whatever), even during rush hours.
@@EuphoricDan Yes but it's the speeding, the tailgating, the multiple lane changes, the potholes, etc. I live in Wexford now and commute into downtown daily for work, it's white-knuckle every day whether on the Parkway North or McKnight Rd. My office is downtown near the Point, not so bad there if you avoid rush hour.
The low-lying area near the Point was industrial along with slum housing, and it was prone to frequent flooding. Clearing it out for parkland and improving vehicle access was a big step forward, and Gateway Center was a huge step up from the old Wabash Railroad terminal. The big problem was the citizens and politicians lacked the political will to support and pay for light rail at that time.
There’s a new horizon now, looking toward the Allegheny, a new landscape, new towers, a new horizon.
WDVE has the same playlist today as in 1955. (not really but you get what I mean)
Oh, do I ! LOL
Imagine the cars stripped away and only the people in them. If you do this, you will realized that there is vast amounts of space taken up by the cars themselves and vast amounts of space between cars. Try to fit these people into one block and you realized that the car is taking up all the space. Its a all a very inefficient use of space for the luxury of the private car. Trains and Bikes are more efficient, but people think that they are only for lower class citizens now.
If you look really closely you can see Pittsburgh’s history all around, you just have to know where to look.
LOL! Traffic relief was short-lived! Traffic jams on parkway every rush hour!
Hmmm....it's 2022, and traffic in Pittsburgh still blows.
The Parkway West (I-376) section running from Downtown and the borough of Carnegie heading out towards the airport is the only segment of highway on the USDOT's list of Top 10 congested highways in America that ISN"T located in California.
The very best year in Pittsburgh -1955!
@stevenjkowalik09 this video was made 15 years before the US Steel Tower was built. Have you ever tried riding a bike in this city? It's quite a mess!
Thank god the idiot urban planners weren't able to destroy all of downtown even though they wanted to.
Well those geniuses in 1943 didn't fix the clusterf#ck that is traffic after a Steelers game.
Didn’t the Steelers play in the former Pitt stadium at that time….which was located in Oakland and not downtown?
In 1943 nobody went to watch the Steelers because they sucked.
Every city that has an NFL stadium has traffic after a game, Genius.
awesome thanks, love local history
Anybody from the Burgh watching this 70years later laughing at rush hour nightmare 😂
Right here buddy, usually stuck on 28N
@@ClueSign I lived in Oakmont when they built 28 and blasted the hillside away..here we are 50 yrs later and PennDOT still has issues with it ..way to go dot 😂
thanks
kind of makes me think of the Rachel Maddow commercial in front of the Hoover Dam. When you're down and out you kind of have to aim high. At the same time, what elements of PGH history did we lose during this particular renaissance.
They tore down Mercury Morris house.
Dudes voice sounds like the mandarin from iron man lol
Ends kind of suddenly there.
But a nice piece of history, nonetheless!
I guess they didn’t classify the
Ohio River as a river yet ?
@kaneconnorsam Have no idea what city you are speaking of
@kaneconnorsam what neighborhood do you live in?
That man's ears though 😂
Now fix NYC's 24/7 bumper to bumper problem.
That's unfixable because NYC has a grid system, which causes more congestion and grid lock.
At least you can easily take public transit in NYC, can't really do that in Pittsburgh.
good history
the steeler sucked really bad before the 70's
What better way to improve a city than to completely destroy it!
@kaneconnorsam
Go ahead and leave. We in Pittsburgh will be just fine without you.
@miser42 your lost
Eddie Yount lol you twat
History bulldozed