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Bills #2019-2307, #2020-0029, #2020-0030, & #2020-0031
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
the
Pittsburgh
City
Council
cablecast
public
hearing
for
Wednesday
February
19
2020,
my
name
is
Louise
Chris
and
with
us
today
is
our
sign
language
interpreter
Alice
Nagy.
The
public
hearing
will
be
on
the
following
legislation:
bill
2019,
23:07
resolution
providing
for
the
designation
as
a
historic
structure
under
title
11
of
the
Code
of
Ordinances
that
certain
structure,
known
as
the
Joseph
J
Weiss
jr.
A
Four
Grant
Street
in
downtown
in
the
First
Ward
city
of
Pittsburgh
bill
31
resolution
providing
for
a
designation
as
a
historic
structure
under
title
11
of
the
code
ordinances
that
certain
structure
is
known.
As
the
Pennsylvania
National
Bank,
located
at
34,
80
Butler
Street
in
the
Lawrenceville
neighborhood
in
the
sixth
Ward
city
of
Pittsburgh,
this
concludes
the
reading
for
the
cablecast
public
hearing
for
Wednesday
February
19
2020.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
B
C
B
Thank
you,
madam
Clerk,
and
for
the
record
we
are
joined
today
by
councilmember,
Deb
gross
and
I.
Think
other
members
will
be
joining
us
shortly,
so
our
first
order
of
business
will
be
presentations
by
Sarah
Quinn
from
the
city's
Planning
Department,
followed
by
a
testimony
from
any
speakers
that
we
might
have
present
Miss
Quinn.
Thank
you.
E
A
E
Well,
my
name
is
Sarah
Quinn
I'm,
the
preservation
planner
for
the
city
and,
as
you
stated
I'm
here,
to
provide
some
information
regarding
the
historic
nominations.
First
thing
I
will
say:
is
that
each
of
these
nominations
it
is
supported
by
the
property
owner.
So
that
makes
things,
but
the
Weiss
courthouse
was.
E
First
nominated
in
July
of
this
year
and
it's
a
ten
story
building
which
covers
an
entire
city
block
on
Grant
Street,
between
7th
Avenue
and
what
is
now
Martin,
Luther
King,
jr.,
East
busway.
The
building
is
organized
into
two
main
volumes:
a
four-story
base
which
occupies
the
full
sight
and
a
six
story,
upper
section
which
is
set
back
about
85
feet
on
the
north
and
south
sides.
E
The
entrance
doors
are
set
in
salute
pilasters
in
an
ornamental,
surround
capped
by
a
bronze,
eagle
and
shield
motif
larger
eagles
also
appear
on
top
of
each
entrance.
Archway
and
a
frieze
panel
just
below
the
cornice,
carries
the
inscription
quote:
post
office
in
courts
of
the
United
States
of
America.
E
Excuse
me
in
1926,
Calvin
cool
President
Coolidge
signed
into
law
the
public
buildings
Act,
which
authorized
funding
for
new
federal
buildings
throughout
the
country.
The
following
year,
pittsburgh
was
identified
as
one
of
the
120
cities
in
which
new
government
buildings
should
be
constructed.
Specifically,
this
pittsburgh
was
chosen
because
of
the
post
office,
the
existing
five-story
building
at
4th
Avenue
and
Smithfield
Street.
It
had
taken
a
decade
to
build
what
was
and
was
almost
as
soon
as
to
open.
E
Almost
too
small,
the
main
post
office,
it
says,
has
been
found
to
be
much
overcrowded,
but
temporary
temporary
temporary
relief
was
afforded
by
the
lease
of
a
building
at
the
Ferry
Street
Station.
In
1927
it
was
announced.
The
three
million
dollar
post
office
had
been
approved
for
Pittsburgh.
The
plan
was
for
a
five-story
structure,
which
would
house
only
postal
facilities
with
the
federal
courts
and
other
departments
remaining
in
old
buildings.
Pittsburgh's
progress
and
industrial
important.
E
Pittsburgh
was
hoping
for
a
different
sort
of
structure,
one
symbolic
of
Pittsburgh's
progress
and
industrial
importance.
Victorian
buildings
like
the
old
post
office,
were
out
of
fashion
by
the
1920s
and
did
not
project
the
modern
image
of
the
city's.
The
city's
business
leaders
wanted
as
a
compromise
federal
officials
plan
to
give
the
building
a
reinforced
foundation,
which
would
allow
for
additional
stories
to
be
added
in
the
future.
Fortunately,
for
the
concerned,
businessman
representative
Stephen
G
Porter
shared
the
sentiments
and
was
able
to
lobby
the
Treasury
Department
for
a
more
imposing
edifice
by
December
1927.
E
The
new
building
was
largest
structure
in
downtown
Pittsburgh,
with
around
600,000
square
feet
of
floor
space
and
room
for
3,000
employees.
It's
interesting
to
note
that
elaborate
and
elaborate
system
of
chutes
and
conveyors
allowed
mail
to
be
moved
quickly
from
floor
to
floor
and
in
an
effort
to
keep
mail
secure.
The
building
also
had
a
network
of
tunnels
allowing
hidden
postal
inspectors
to
watch
the
employees
below.
Even
in
the
washrooms
in
1935
310
boy,
12-foot
20
by
10-foot
murals
were
commissioned
for
the
courtrooms.
On
the
eighth
floor,
the
two
first
two
murals
were
painted.
E
By
Carnegie
Tech,
professor
McCleary
and
Howard
cook
from
Taos
New
Mexico,
the
third
mural,
the
local
committee
selected
life
and
death
by
24
24
year-old
Stuyvesant,
vanveen
of
New
York,
but
his
depiction
of
justice,
befuddled
quote-unquote,
was
intractable
class
struggle,
suggested.
As
the
solution
was
deemed
too
radical
by
government
representatives,
vanveen
was
invited
to
modify
the
design,
but
instead
chose
to
submit
a
new
work.
Pittsburgh
panorama
which
depicted
the
city
framed
by
the
Westinghouse
Memorial
Bridge.
This
decision
design
was
accepted,
though
unbeknownst
to
officials
van
Veen
had
still
managed
to
get.
E
The
last
word
by
subtly
shaping
the
Monongahela
River
and
the
steel
mills
on
its
banks
to
resemble
resemble
a
hammer
and
sickle
in
2015.
The
building
was
renamed
in
honor
of
Joseph
Weiss
jr..
He
passed
in
2014.
He
was
a
Pittsburgh
native
and
a
senior
judge
in
the
u.s.
Third
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals.
E
The
historic
review
commission
found
this
property
significant
as
an
exemplification
of
an
architectural
type.
It's
considered
to
be
of
neat
a
neoclassical
design
which
peaked
between
1890
and
1915.
However,
this
building
obviously
was
constructed
later
than
that,
but
being
a
monumental
public
structure.
That
was
actually
rather
common.
E
The
historic
review,
Review
Commission,
also
felt
that
this
building
was
significant
in
its
identification.
Is
the
work
of
an
architect
or
designer,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
triage
and
Livington
were
the
designers
of
the
building
they
constructed.
They
designed
the
melon
National
Bank
building
in
1924,
as
well
as
the
golf
building
in
1932.
It
says
all
three
structures
are
unique
in
scale
and
style.
E
E
Construction
of
the
building
began
in
1931
as
a
federal
work
relief
project
under
the
Hoover
administration.
However,
he
was
firmly
committed
to
keeping
a
balanced
budget
and
was
not
willing
to
significantly
increase
government
spending
on
new
projects,
since
the
Pittsburg
building
was
already
funded.
However,
Hoover
and
Andrew
Mellon
worked
to
get
it
started
as
quickly
as
possible.
The
courthouse
employed
more
than
400
workers
during
its
three-year
construction
period,
though
the
work
halted
several
several
times
by
strikes
and
labor
disputes.
E
To
courthouse
murals
are
part
of
a
legacy
of
94
artworks
in
Pennsylvania,
commissioned
by
the
section
between
1934
1943.
Not
all
have
survived.
In
fact,
a
third
mural
in
the
u.s.
courthouse
among
those
is
among
those
no
longer
extant
of
the
Pennsylvania
Commission's.
Only
one
other
mural
is
located
in
Pittsburgh
history
of
Squirrel
Hill
by
Alan
Thompson,
it's
installed
in
the
Squirrel
Hill
post
office,
so
same
program.
E
And
finally,
the
review
Commission
felt
that
this
property
was
significant
just
as
a
location
of
distinctive
physical
appearance,
landmark
visual
landmark
so
to
speak,
because
it
covers
an
entire
C
block
and
is
it
a
prominent
position
on
Grant
Street?
So
I
can
tell
you
if
you
have
the
packets,
you
can
look
at
some
of
the
murals
they're,
pretty
dramatic
I.
Don't
know
that
we
would
see
some
of
these
today,
but.
B
Have
no
questions
about
this?
It's
fascinating
to
see
some
of
the
murals
and
what
never
having
actually
been
inside
the
federal
courthouse
myself.
I,
always
wonder
it
looks
fortress-like
from
the
outside
I,
always
wonder
what
it's
like
on
the
inside
so
to
see.
Some
of
this
art
is
fascinating
to
hear
the.
E
E
That
property
is
actually
we
received
its
nomination,
because
the
property
is
part
of
a
mitigation
of
some
impacts
from
the
ura
on
the
garden
theater
block,
because
this
is
on
the
same
block
as
that.
So
because
some
buildings
came
down,
they
agreed
the
developer,
agreed
to
go
ahead
and
submit
this
and
get
it
listed,
but
it's
actually
it's
actually
a
great
building.
E
We
received
this
nomination
in
September
of
2019.
The
building,
as
I
said,
is
located
at
11:30
ridore
Street
in
the
central
North
Side,
which
is
one
mile
north
of
downtown.
The
Bradbury
is
a
four-story
brick
apartment
building
construction
in
the
Renaissance
Revival
style
that
weight
faces
west
on
shubra
door
around
the
turn
of
the
20th
century.
This
intersection
of
North
and
Federal
Street
became
center
of
a
commercial
concentration
with
new
businesses
like
those
on
the
ground
floor.
E
The
Masonic
Hall,
which
is
in
close
proximity,
Allegheny
City,
resident
and
businessman
William
T
Bradbury,
purchased
the
lot
on
a
newly
constructed
lot.
Next
to
the
newly
constructed
Masonic
Hall
in
1894
and
within
a
few
years,
hired
Frederick
Australian
to
design
the
16th
flat
apartment
house
to
be
fashionably
located
just
off
of
Allegheny
Commons
Park
general.
E
General
plans
were
announced
in
1901
in
the
Pittsburgh
Press
shortly
thereafter.
There
was
a
headline.
It
was
actually
pretty
funny.
It
says
quote:
permit
for
big
building
in
Allegheny
City.
It
indicated
that
the
Allegheny
Bureau
issued
a
permit
to
William
T
Bradbury,
the
former
well-known
stove
manufa
for
the
erection
of
a
four-story
BRIC
apartment
house.
It'll
have
frontage
on
race
tree,
which
is
what
before
Allegheny
city
was
annexed
by
Pittsburgh.
It
was
race,
Street
and
Ellsworth.
Street
it'll
cost
thirty
thousand
dollars.
E
The
fireproof
construction
of
this
building
was
a
particular
feature
of
the
building
that
may
have
attracted
tenants
and
which
contributes
to
its
significance.
A
September
1902
advertisement
by
William
Bradbury's
agent
ad
Wilson
claims
that
the
Bradbury
flats
are
the
finest
and
only
fireproof
flats
in
the
city.
E
He
married
and
moved
to
Allegheny
City
bradbury
was
educated
in
Allegheny
public
schools
before
coming
in
apprentice
iron
molder.
When
he
was
seventeen,
he
worked
there
until
1862
when
he
enlisted
in
Company
G
of
the
139th
pencil
of
Pennsylvania
volunteers,
where
he
was
promoted
to
quartermaster
and
held
that
rank
until
he
mustered
out
in
1865.
When
he
returned,
William
Bradbury
accepted
an
offer
to
be
an
equal
partner
in
the
stove
foundry
of
Henry
and
shots
outside
his
business
ventures.
Though
William
Bradbury
was
actively
engaged
in
civic
affairs.
E
He
was
a
member
of
the
Allegheny
school
board
from
1883
and
1907.
When
Allegheny
city
was
annexed.
He
was
a
candidate
for
mayor
of
Allegheny
City
in
1895
suffering,
a
surprising
loss
in
the
Republican
primary
to
Charles
Geyer
in
1896
in
1902.
He
served
as
Allegheny
city's
chairman
of
the
recently
formed
citizen
party,
which
is
an
option
Republican
Party.
He
was
also
commander.
The
colonel
beat
Clark
Post
162
of
the
Grand
Army,
the
Republican,
a
member
of
the
board
of
trustees
that
Shepard
the
creation
of
soldiers
and
sailors
Memorial
Hall
in
Oakland.
E
In
1896,
he
was
appointed
by
pennsylvania,
governor
daniel
hastings
to
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
polk
state
school
in
Venango
County
in
1924,
as
I
said,
Bradbury
died
in
his
apartment
building,
which
was
constructed
two
decades
before
the
historic
review.
Commission
also
felt
that
this
property
was
significant
and
it's
an
exemplification
of
an
architectural
type
style
or
design.
E
The
bribery
pardon
building
is
a
fine
example
of
Renaissance
Revival,
adapted
to
this
specific
program
of
early
20th
century
apartment.
Building
in
Pittsburgh.
Examples
of
this
style
include
classroom,
block,
brought
luck
and
first
addition
to
the
Larimer
school,
the
Belmar
school
in
Homewood,
the
built
housing
fire
station
18
and
the
zone
4
police
station
on
Northumberland
Street
in
Squirrel
Hill
and
the
österlen
designed
Iroquois
support
Iroquois
Apartments
on
Forbes
Avenue
in
Oakland.
E
The
Commission
also
felt
this
property
was
significant
in
its
identification.
It's
the
work
of
an
architect
designer
the
architect
for
the
Bradbury
apartments
was
Frederick
aa
Stirling.
He
was
born
in
the
Monongahela
River
community
of
Amity,
which
is
known
today
as
Dravosburg.
His
his
parents
were
Philip
sterling,
a
Civil
War
veteran
carpenter,
who
came
to
western
Pennsylvania
at
11.
His
mother's
family
was
from
Butler
County
shortly
after
his
family's
birth.
E
Pi.
The
historic
Review
Commission
also
felt
that
this
property
represented
an
exemplification
of
important
planning
and
urban
design
techniques.
The
Bradbury
apartment
building
is
significant
as
an
early
example
of
an
apartment
house,
a
building
type
that
was
slow
to
be
accepted
at
Allegheny
in
Pittsburgh,
but
would
come
to
dominate
much
of
the
urban
landscape
review
of
Pittsburgh
historic
newspapers
for
the
Decker
decade.
E
Preceding
construction
of
the
Bradbury
suggests
that
Pittsburgh
and
Allegheny
were
behind
other
cities
in
adapting
to
this
new
housing
type,
and
this
caused
much
consternation
among
the
editors
of
the
Pittsburgh
dispatch
who
gave
the
topic
coverage
in
1890
articles
title
no
flats
in
Pittsburgh
and
the
probable
reason
why
the
editor
pause.
It's
the
simple
ignorant
was
the
root
cause
stating
the
advantages
of
a
flat
is
coziness
and
convenience,
especially
for
a
small
family,
are
not
understood
here.
They
conclude
that's
suggesting
that
near
the
parks
and
Allegheny
Allegheny
would
be
a
favorable
site
for
such
dwellings.
E
Last
later
that
year,
Dispatch
reported
on
a
visit
to
pittsburgh
by
Chicago
real
estate
investor,
stating
that
nothing
about
Pittsburgh
surprised
him
more
than
the
entire
absence
of
anything
like
the
system
of
flats
or
apartment
houses,
which
is
such
a
marked
feature
of
Chicago
in
New
York.
This
time
the
editors
conclude
that
the
explanation
is
a
very
simple
one.
It
is
a
conservativism
of
pittsburgh,
which
makes
it
decline
to
adopt
new
ideas,
especially
in
real
estate
and
building
until
they
have
become
old
ones
in
other
cities.
B
B
D
E
Think
the
city
city
county,
building
the
county
building
this
one
out
we'll
try
and
go
through
pretty
quickly
because
we're
sitting
in
it
we
can
go,
take
a
field
trip,
but
the
city
county,
building
at
4:14
grant
for
14
grand
Street
occupies
an
entire
city
block.
The
building
is
of
masonry
and
steel
construction.
It
possesses
a
modified
tripartite
design,
typical
of
tall
office
buildings
in
the
late
early
20th
and
early
20th
centuries
featuring
a
distinct
base,
truncated,
shaft
and
capital.
Each
elevation
is
clad
in
polished,
granite
with
flamed
granite
being
used
predominantly
at
street
level.
E
The
city
county
offices
were
cramped
in
the
Smithfield
Street
city,
all
building
up
until
1872
County
offices
were
scattered
throughout
numerous
numerous
buildings
near
the
Allegheny
County
Courthouse,
following
the
annexation
of
Allegheny
City
and
additions
of
over
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
new
citizens
to
the
city
in
1907,
the
situation
turned
dire
by
the
time
formal
action
was
taken
in
1912,
plans
for
a
new
seat
of
government
had
evolved
substantially.
The
new
office
building
became
a
joint
venture
between
the
city
and
county.
E
It
was
determined
that
the
architect
for
the
new
building
would
be
selected
through
a
competition
offering
$1,000
to
five
men
residing
and
doing
business
in
Allegheny,
County
and
I
actually
would
made
a
specific
note
to
read
this
out.
But
a
particular
clause
was
all
material
used
in
this
building
should
be
purchased
wherever
possible,
from
manufacturers
who
produce
in
the
vicinity
of
Pittsburgh
or
whose
main
offices
are
in
Allegheny,
County
and
I'll
labor
employed
in
these
contracts
and
on
actual
construction
we
obtained
or
taking
from
Allegheny
County
wherever
possible.
E
E
E
E
What
is
particularly
appropriate
for
the
appropriate
and
innovative
about
the
executed
design
for
the
city-county
building
is
the
inclusion
of
five-story
tall
recessed
through
three
monumental
portals.
This
allows
you
to
created
a
civic
space
for
the
city,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
first
century,
it
served
as
a
forum
for
civic
events.
Public
gathering
place
plates
where
Pittsburgh's
heritage
may
be
honored
through
permanent
installations.
E
The
Stork
Review
Commission
felt
this
building
was
significant
as
an
identification
of
an
architect
or
designer
the
City
County
Building
is
among
the
best
known
existing
works
of
prominent
Pittsburgh
architect,
Henry
Horne
boss'll,
with
significant
contributions
internet
from
internationally
renowned
title
artists,
tile
artist.
Excuse
me
we're
off
Raphael
gustavinho
and
prominent
Pittsburgh
sculptor
Charles
Keck.
E
It's
one
of
the
few
to
remain
largely
intact,
unaltered
and
functioning
in
its
original
capacity.
As
a
Civic
space
horn
boss'll
came
to
Pittsburgh
in
1904
to
design
the
campus
of
Carnegie
Kearney
Tech.
Now
Carnegie
Mellon.
He
founded
the
department
of
architecture
there
and
as
his
career
progressed,
horn
boss'll
chose
Pittsburgh
as
his
base
for
independent
practice,
but
he
also
resided
and
worked
in
New
York.
E
Let's
see
the
historic
Review
Commission
felt
this
property
was
significant,
is
in
its
association
with
important
cultural
and
social
aspects
of
the
history
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
No
sooner
was
the
building
completed.
Then
it
would
rise
to
serve
the
country's
war
effort
by
hosting
a
recruitment
marine
enlistment
drive.
The
construction
of
this
city
county
building
took
place
during
the
period
when
Europe
was
engulfed
in
what
would
later
be
known
as
this
world
war
1,
during
which
America
pursued
policy
of
just
seeing
itself
from
direct
involvement.
E
The
distance,
however,
did
not
prevent
those
in
Pittsburgh
from
worrying
about
the
growing
conflagration.
As
indicated
on
the
city,
build
city,
county
building,
postcard,
the
city
county
building
would
host
and
nurture
nascent
traditions
and
continue
to
be
an
integral
part
of
social,
the
city,
social
life
in
1919,
the
city's
Bureau
of
recreation
placed
a
scoreboard
to
announce
the
play-by-play
Game
three
of
the
World
Series.
E
Ok,
the
historic
review
Commission
also
felt
this
was
a
significant
is
in
its
exemplification
of
a
pattern
of
Neighborhood
Development.
The
construction
of
the
City
County
Building
covers
the
span
of
nearly
a
century.
When
major
government
and
civil
services
offer
offices
migrated
from
primary
and
secondary
locations
to
Grant
Street,
sign
of
progress
and
development,
older
buildings
that
once
served,
the
important
government
and
civil
service
centers
were
demolished
and
replaced
by
businesses
and
cultural
education
institutions
which
would
become
integral
part
of
Pittsburgh's
urban
fabric.
E
Allegheny
city's
old
city
hall
was
demolished
in
1939
to
make
way
for
Buell
planetarium
and
Institute
a
popular
science
building
in
old
city
halls
demolished
in
53.
Finally,
the
Commission
felt
this
property
was
significant.
It's
in
its
unique
location
and
distinctive
physical
appearance,
the
city
county
buildings,
distinct
physical
appearance,
creates
one
of
the
most
recognizable
visual
features
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
it's
unofficial,
downtown
historic,
Civic
district,
roughly
bounded
by
Fifth
Avenue
across
town
Boulevard,
boulevard
of
the
Allies
in
Cherry
Way
and
at
the
end,
have
some
photographs
as
outside
of
the
building.
F
E
This
property
is
was
submitted.
The
nomination
for
this
property
was
submitted
in
August
of
2019
Pennsylvania
National
Bank
building
is
a
one-story
terra
cotta
building
in
the
beaux-arts
style.
The
overall
form
of
the
building
is
that
of
a
truncated
triangle.
It's
narrow
primary
facade,
faced
us
directly
to
the
intersection
of
penn
by
lawyer
and
34th
Street
with
its
two
sides.
E
Finding
Butler
and
Penn
Street
wrought
iron
fence
embedded
in
a
limestone
base,
extends
from
Butler
Street
and
Penn
Avenue
facades
of
the
building
to
form
a
triangular
Court
courtyard,
immediately
in
front
of
the
building's
mat
main
entrance,
the
building's
low
page
tips.
Hipped
roof
is
not
visible
from
the
street
due
to
the
presence
of
low
crenelated
parapet.
Walls
that
surround
it
on
the
primary
facade
of
this
parapet.
The
wall
bears
the
pennsylvania,
keystone
symbol
on
a
circular
plaque
surmounted
by
an
ornamental
arch.
The
building
that
immediately
predated
this
building
predated.
E
The
construction
of
this
building
was
a
three-story
tall
building
that
hosted
the
Lawrence
Savings
Bank
until
1893
when
it
was
purchased
by
Pennsylvania
National
Bank,
the
architect
for
the
new
Bank
was
chosen,
my
competition
and
was,
and
because
of
the
change
in
design
approach
by
the
bank
entrance
plans
were
returned
after
initial
submissions
and
new
plans
were
solicited
the
winner.
The
competition
was
a
local
firm
by
the
Beezer
brothers,
who
were
mostly
noted
for
their
house
and
church
constructions
in
Altoona,
Johnstown
and
Greenberg
Greensburg
locally.
E
They
were
notable
designs
designers
for
Saint
John,
the
Baptist
Church,
which
is
known
as
the
church
Brewer.
Today,
the
Pennsylvania
National
Bank
hired
the
contracting
firm
of
Calhoun
and
Miller
to
construct
the
building.
George
Calhoun
and
John
Miller
were
Lawrenceville
residents
who
built
several
small
houses,
stables
and
garages
throughout
the
city
with
particularly
high
concentrations
in
Lawrenceville,
Highland,
Park
and
friendship.
E
The
historic
Review
Commission
felt
that
this
property
was
significant
as
its
identification,
with
its
associate
identification
with
a
person
or
persons
significantly
contributed
to
Pittsburgh
history,
colonel
ASM,
morgan
and
joseph
sidney,
seaman
co-founded,
the
philadelphia
philosophical
society
with
other
prominent
figures.
Including
excuse
me.
E
Colonel
ASM
morgan
had
a
grandfather
that
co-founded
the
american
philosophical
society
with
other
prominent
figures,
including
Benjamin
Franklin,
as
well
as
the
College
of
Philadelphia
Medical
School.
Today,
the
school
of
universe,
medicine
and
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
George
Morgan
inherited
a
large
plot
of
land
near
Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania
upon
his
brother's
death
and
named
the
area
Morganza
there.
He
he
invited
former
president
Aaron
Burr
his
into
his
1806
conspiracy
plot
overthrow
the
government,
which
Morgan
decline
and
sent
word
warning
to
President.
Thomas
Jefferson
was
one
of
the
140
witnesses.
E
Okay,
Joseph
Sydney
seaman,
who
was
also
president,
moved
to
Pittsburgh
at
the
age
of
17
in
1847,
where
he
was
initially
employed
as
a
carpenter
and
had
involvement
in
the
steel
industry
when
he
entered
into
the
employ
of
Samuel
Leonard.
A
prominent
industrialist
noted
for
being
the
first
American
to
produce
angle
iron
and
the
outbreak
of
the
Civil
War
seaman
was
also
involved
in
turning
the
production
of
artillery
cannons.
E
Seamen
attempted
to
enlist
for
the
war,
but
the
recruiting
officer
heard
of
his
skill
in
steel
production
specifically
related
to
cannons,
and
he
was
told
to
remain
in
Pittsburgh
to
continue
his
work.
Seaman
rose
to
the
ranks
in
the
ranks
of
the
foundry
business
to
Foreman
and
then
superintendent
in
1869.
When
he
entered
into
partnership
to
operate
his
own
foundry.
E
The
historic
review
Commission
also
felt
this
property
was
significant
as
an
exemplification
of
an
architectural
type.
Pennsylvania
National
Bank
is
a
superb
example
of
the
Bozarth
style
features.
Many
of
the
characteristic
design
elements,
including
elaborate
round
arched
windows,
engaged
pilasters
and
eclectic
combination
of
classical
elements
such
as
architrave
surmounted
by
a
crown
elated
parapet
wall
and
ornate,
combine
Keystone
corbels
well,
not
quite
as
imposing
as
the
monumental
structures
the
Pennsylvania
National
Bank
maintains.
Bos
arts,
grandiosity
and
elaborateness
on
a
smaller
scale,
appropriate
for
primarily
residential
neighborhood.
E
The
historic
Review
Commission
felt
this
property
was
significant
in
its
unification
is
a
work
of
an
architect
or
designer
pennsylvania.
Nation
National
Bank
building
is
also
significant
because
of
its
affiliation
with
the
architectural
firm
Beezus
brothers.
They
were
twins
Luis
and
Michael
Beezer
Bellefonte
PA
practice
much
of
their
early
work
in
central
and
western
Pennsylvania
before
moving
their
firm
to
Seattle
in
1907.
The.
E
Historic
review
commission
felt
that
this
property
was
also
a
landmark.
A
visual
landmark,
it's
I,
just
it
has
a
distinctive
design
and
location
at
the
entrance
to
Lawrenceville
makes
it
a
landmark
and
symbol
of
the
neighborhood
and
I
think
that
criteria.
You
can
clearly
see
that
in
the
photographs
at
the
back
of
the
back
of
the
report
and
on
page
10,
where
you
have,
we
have
the
aerial
view.
F
B
District,
an
important
location
Sarah.
Thank
you,
so
very
much
for
all
four
of
those
in
rapid-fire
I
appreciate
the
overview
and
the
finding
of
fact
historic
review
Commission
at
this.
This
would
be
the
time
that
we
would
normally
move
to
testimony
from
register
speakers.
But,
given
that
there
are
no
speakers
registered,
we
will
move
to.
We
will
open
it
up
to
testimony
for
those
in
the
audience
who
would
like
to
speak,
and
if
you
would,
you
are
given
one
minute.
B
D
You
John
De
Santis,
7:19,
Brighton,
Road,
Allegheny,
West,
strong
support
for
all
four
of
the
nominations,
particularly
for
the
last
two
that
you've
heard
you
couldn't
ask
for
a
better
definition
of
a
landmark
than
the
City
County
Building
or
the
Pennsylvania
Bank
building
literally,
they
mark
the
land
and
I'm
very,
very
pleased
that
both
the
historic
Review
Commission
and
the
Planning
Commission
have
positive
recommendations
and
I
certainly
hope
that
the
members
of
council
will
embrace
these
nominations
and
move
forward
to
designate.
Thank
you
thank.
F
Hi
I'm
Melissa
mcswiggen,
with
preservation,
Pittsburgh
Matthew
Falcone.
Our
president,
regrets
that
he
can't
be
here
today,
I
appreciate
hearing
Sara's
overview.
We
also
appreciate
the
positive
recommendations
by
the
historic
review
commission
and
Planning
Commission
previously,
and
we
are
in
full
support
of
these
four
nominations
and
in
closing
I
hope
by
the
end
of
today,
I
will
have
been
able
to
be
inside
three
of
the
four
buildings
that
are
listed
on
here.