Some things will just never change – like the bumper-to-bumper traffic on the parkway during rush hour and the magnificence of Union Station – while Pittsburgh continues to transform and reinvent itself as the decades pass. So much has changed yet so much of what Pittsburgh once was still lingers in today’s landscape. See for yourself in these 10 Pittsburgh then and now photos:
- Union Station - 1901
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Union Station - Now
Flickr/Thomas Lillis IV
- Carnegie Institute of Technology - 1901
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Carnegie Mellon University - Now
Flickr/Jon Dawson
- Forbes Field - 1909
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
PNC Park - Now
Flickr/Jon Dawson
- The Point - 1910
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
The Point - Now
Flickr/Rachel Sample
- The South Side - 1940s
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
The South Side - Now
Flickr/Greg Dunlap
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (torn down in 1961 and replaced by the U.S. Steel Building.)
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
The U.S. Steel Building - Now
Flickr/OzinOH
- The view from Mount Washington - 1963
Wikimedia Commons/Roger Wollstadt
The view from Mount Washington - Now
Flickr/Daniel X. O’Neill
- Downtown Pittsburgh - 1970s
Wikimedia Commons/Voogd075 from nl
Downtown Pittsburgh - Now
Flickr/Boenau
- Rush hour traffic on the Parkway East - 1973
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Rush hour traffic on the Parkway West - Now
Flickr/Brian Byrnes
- Three Rivers Stadium - 1980s
Flickr/David
Heinz Field - Now
Flickr/Wally Goetz
Did these 10 Pittsburgh then and now photos make you nostalgic for days gone by? Which photo was your favorite? Why?
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Flickr/Thomas Lillis IV
Flickr/Jon Dawson
Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Flickr/Rachel Sample
Flickr/Greg Dunlap
Flickr/OzinOH
Wikimedia Commons/Roger Wollstadt
Flickr/Daniel X. O’Neill
Wikimedia Commons/Voogd075 from nl
Flickr/Boenau
Flickr/Brian Byrnes
Flickr/David
Flickr/Wally Goetz
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