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A
B
Will
do
we
have
bill
number
943
resolution
providing
for
the
designation
as
a
historic
structure
under
title
11
of
the
code
of
ordinances
that
certain
structure,
known
as
the
va
facility,
chapel
building
10
located
at
7180
highland
drive
in
lincoln
limington
del
mar
12th
ward
of
the
city?
The
city
will
be
the
future
owner
of
these
properties
and
there
has
been
no
op.
A
A
C
Sure,
well,
my
name
is
sarah
quinn,
I'm
the
preservation
planner
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
before
you
guys
today
are
it's
the
historic
nomination
for
two
buildings
at
the
va
hospital
facility
up
on
highland
drive,
buildings,
10
and
13..
C
C
We
have
been
working.
The
city
has
been
working
with
the
veterans,
affairs
and
general
services
administration
to
make
the
switch
over
and
this
action
this.
This
nomination
is
part
of
a
mitigation
related
to
the
federal
compliance
with
historic
properties,
and
I,
if
you've
reviewed
your
packet,
that
I
provided
you,
the
memorandum
of
agreement
between
the
city
and
general
services
administration.
I've
included
that
for
your
review,
that
was
just
signed
by
the
mayor.
C
So
that'll
give
you
a
much
more
detailed
explanation
of
why
we're
all
here
looking
at
these
great
buildings
today,
and
why
it's
only
two
buildings
and
not
the
whole
campus.
But
I
would
like
to
start
with
a
brief
discussion
of
the
chapel
building,
which
is
building
10..
C
C
At
the
same
time,
so
obviously
the
top
building
here
is
building
10
and
then
this
is
building
12.
C
There
are
three
rows
of
12
square
blocks
of
slab
glass
windows
located
in
this
in
concrete
that
decorate
the
facade
and
that's
what
these
square
openings
are.
These
are
all
holes
punched
into
the
facade,
there's
some
over
here
as
well,
and
what
they
are
is
there
were
forms
made
where
glass
was
of
different
colors
and
shapes
was
inserted
into
it,
and
then
it
was
all
put
into
a
kiln
and
melted
into
a
big
slab.
So
there
are
changes
in
colors
and
features
in
it
and
those
were
installed
in
these
openings
as
the
chapel.
C
This
building
building
13
sits
along
the
western
edge
of
the
campus
at
the
end
of
the
entry
road.
Before
you
arrive
onto
the
campus,
it
was
built
during
a
second
round
of
construction
in
the
same
manner
and
appearance
as
the
rest
of
the
campus
and
is
utilized
as
a
laboratory
and
research
center.
It
is
organized
in
three
sections,
and
one
of
the
things
that
it
is
known
for
is
its
ribbon
windows,
which
is
a
smaller
ribbon
window,
as
shown
here
and
I'll
scroll
through
and
show
you
some
of
the
other
ones.
C
C
And
then
these
are
the
ribbon
windows
that
go
around
the
eastern
elevation
of
the
one
story.
South
section
has
a
ribbon
of
six
casement
windows
and
brick
chimney.
The
middle
section
has
a
recessed
main
entry
of
three
steps
that
sits
under
a
small
flat
roof
with
mechanical
equipment.
Above
so
here's
here's,
the
general
general
location
of
the
property.
C
C
C
C
However,
it
was
changed
to
highland
drive,
most
likely,
mostly
because
of
the
height
the
elevation
of
the
facility
above
the
river.
It
was
construction
began
in
1948.
C
It
was
designed
to
be
an
in
sophisticated
inpatient
facility
to
care
to
care
for
up
to
a
thousand
veterans.
The
hospital
was
also
intended
als
to
be
a
research
facility.
It
included
a
large
pharmacy
as
well
as
laboratories,
and
had
the
capacity
to
support
research
into
causes
of
mental
illness
and
was
to
develop
new
therapies
to
lead
suffering
of
war
wounded
veterans.
The
hospital's
initial
studies
focused
on
the
physiology
psychology
and
sociology
elements
of
schizophrenia.
C
They
had
similarities
in
that
they
were
focusing
on
pharmacology,
which
was
now
just
gaining
prevalence
in
the
field
of
psychiatry.
C
The
hospital
was
a
self-sustaining
city,
it
had
health
care
therapy,
recreation
facilities,
surgical,
suites,
an
advanced
laundry
system
and
well-designed
kitchens.
It
also
had
its
own
barber
shop,
cashier
service,
post
office,
canteen,
dry
goods,
store
library,
chapel
theater,
which
was
equipped
for
live
performances
and
filled
films.
There
were
generous
stretches
of
windows
dispelling
any
notion
of
the
heavy
atmosphere
associated
with
the
science
of
the
past
decades.
C
That's
that's.
That's
why
it
was
of
note
that
the
the
laboratory
building
building
13
had
ribbon
windows,
because
that
was
very
uncommon
for
psycho
psychiatric
hospital
at
that
time.
C
In
addition
to
these
things,
there
were
there
was
a
greenhouse
gardens
playing
fields,
hiking
paths
and
pavilions
with
grills
for
those
permitted
to
interact
with
within
and
outside
the
community
by
1973
they
had
951
beds
devoted
to
north
psychiatric
care,
and
it
says
roughly
830
were
occupied
on
any
given
day.
D
C
Coordinated
by
va,
volunteer
services,
the
fraternal
organizations
and
auxiliaries
were
key
members
of
the
highland
services.
Highland
drive
family.
There
were
annual
auxiliary
organizers
from
the
area's
american
legion
legion's
auxiliary
post.
Women's
auxiliary
of
the
jewish
war
veterans
would
bring
kosher,
treats
and
books
to
the
library.
C
They
would
pick
up
guests
for
hanukkah
parties
at
their
home,
so
you
know
it.
It
was
very
much
a
family
atmosphere
up
there
at
the
hospital,
and
that's
one
thing
of
note
that
I
read
over
and
over
again
is
that
a
lot
of
the
veterans
were
adopt
like
sponsored
by
families
and
adopted
by
families
and
would
go
home
with
them
for
the
holidays
and
things
of
that
nature.
C
They
would
have
dances
where,
ladies
from
the
community
would
go
up
to
dance
with
the
veterans
for
entertainment
purposes.
It
says
this
kind
of
sharing
helped
foster
highland
drive,
sense
of
being
a
family.
The
fraternal
and
service
organizations
raised
money
to
buy
new
sports
equipment,
and
everyone
turned
out
for
the
annual
carnival
that
they
had
on
site.
C
So
the
significance
of
these
two
buildings
for
for
building
10,
which
is
the
spiritual
center,
the
chapel.
C
Is
is
nominated
as
cygnitis
site
of
a
significant
of
interactivity,
a
new
understanding
and
treatment
of
mental
illness
occurred
during
the
mid-20th
century
and
on
march
20th
1947
president
truman
approved
the
urgency
deficiency
appropriation
bill
that
diverted
funds
to
the
veterans
administration,
to
construct,
neuropsychiatric
hospitals
across
the
united
states
and
then
platinum.
This
building
in
play
played
an
important
role
in
the
care
for
returning
vets,
as
the
relationship
between
trauma
and
spiritual
spirituality
is
key
in
treating
ptsd
so
for
building
13.
C
Off
for
building
13
psychosis,
schizophrenia
and
other
mental
illnesses
commonly
diagnosed
in
veterans
were
treated
through
electroshock
therapy
prefrontal
lobotomy,
including
at
the
va
hospitals
operating
in
the
1950s
starting
in
the
mid
50s.
A
committee
interested
in
researching
behavioral
science
through
the
use
of
pharmaceuticals,
was
founded.
The
committee
was
comprised
of
medical
practitioners
from
the
va
hospitals
around
the
country,
including
dr
amadeo,
morantzy
who's,
who
was
in
this
laboratory
and
his
specialty
was
neuropharmacology,
so
I
mean
the
buildings
are
mostly
intact:
the
windows,
the
operable
the
windows.
C
So
the
his
both
the
historic
review
commission
and
the
planning
commission
have
provided
positive
recommendation
to
city
council
for
listing
these
properties,
and
it
was
interesting.
We
have
separate
legislation
for
each
of
them,
but
we
did
one
presentation
here
so
anyways.
That's
what
I
have
for
you
guys.
C
C
B
Yes,
you
still
music,
I'm
not
sure
you're,
not
muted,
but
there's
something
with
your
audio.
We
can't
hear.
B
A
B
Yeah,
it
appears
that
we
don't
have
any
public
speakers,
okay,
they
were
on
they
clicked
in
and
then
they
clicked
off
so
right
now,
there's
no
one
in
the
waiting
room
waiting
to
speak,
so
you
may
want
to
just.
If
you
have
any
questions.
E
Okay,
well,
thank
you,
sarah
and
you
know,
and,
madam
president,
so
I
wanted
to
a
couple
questions
as
I
have.
I
was
just
kind
of
curious
like
how
does
this
since
we're
gonna
be
the
owner
of
the
property?
You
know
what
occurred
like.
Was
it
the
like?
Did
the
city
request
someone
to
go
up
and
take
an
analysis
of
the
buildings
and
find
out?
If
there's
any,
you
know
significant
historic
significance
to
them
like
how
does
this
process
get
started?.
C
Well,
the
this
process
is
is
unique.
This
is
a.
I
don't
think.
I've
ever
brought
nominations
to
you
guys
related
to
this
kind
of
a
process
before,
but
this
all
started
when
the
veterans
aspares
decided
to
access
the
properties.
Okay.
In
order
to
do
that,
they
have
federal
requirements.
They
have
to
meet
as
far
as
environmental
regulations
like
hazardous
materials,
clean
air,
clean
water,
bugs
and
bunnies
things
like
that,
and
so
what
happened
is
that
general
services
administration,
who
is
the
landlord
for
federal
agencies.
F
C
Over
the
management
of
the
process
to
access
the
building,
so
we've
been
actually
working
on
this
for
about
three
or
four
years
now
and
what
what
started
it
was.
As
I
said,
the
accessing
of
the
property,
so
general
services
administration
va
paid
someone
paid
a
consultant
to
go
out
and
do
an
evaluation
of
the
properties.
C
They
assess
the
effects
of
the
properties
in
coordination
with
the
state
preservation
office
and
local
groups,
including
preservation,
pittsburgh
ypa
soldiers
and
sailors
memorial
hall.
I
was
involved
in
it
as
the
city
and
actually
dpw
as
well,
and
I
can
see
claire
master
verdinos
on
the
line
to
say
to
speak
as
well,
but
so
that's
how
it
all
started
so
that
we
haven't,
we
haven't
hired
any.
The
city
has
not
hired
anyone
to
do
work
on
this.
C
D
C
General
services,
administration,
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
the
state
historic
preservation
office
about
how
these
historic
properties
are
going
to
be
managed
because
general
services
administration
determined
that
they
were
eligible
for
the
national
register
that
wasn't
the
city's
determination
that
wasn't
any
of
it.
So
it's
a
very
complex,
it's
very
long
process,
but
one
of
the
things
that
they,
the
city,
agreed
to
do
and
to
help
sort
of
they're.
C
Once
once
this
property,
once
this
whole
160
plus
acres,
comes
into
city
possession,
I'm
sure
you
know
it's
going
to
be
used
for
launch
public
safety
purposes,
so
they're
going
to
need
they're
going
to
be
changes
made
to
it
they're
going
to
be
changes
related
to
the
road
plan.
E
E
C
Yes,
for
local
desert
for
local
designation.
Yes,
so
what's
going
to
happen,
if
you
re,
if
you
you
know,
if
you
go
through
and
you
read
the
mla
in
the
back,
what
it'll
show
is
that
the
city,
the
city
has
agreed
to
coordinate
with
the
state
preservation
office
on
changes
that
they
need
to
make
with
the
understanding
that
there
is
a
public
safety
facility,
but
these
buildings,
these
buildings,
everyone,
everyone
agreed-
were
the
most
easy.
C
They
were
the
easiest
ones
to
reuse
because
they're
smaller
they
are
unique
in
that
the
chapel
has
that
slab
glass
that
I
mentioned.
So
you
know
there
was
a
discussion
about
well
it's
maybe
we
should
turn
this
into
a
counseling
center
for
our
police
officers,
something
of
that
nature.
C
D
D
E
C
C
You
know
to
some
plans.
I
guess
I
should
say
you
know
I
I
look
at
things
as
a
preservationist.
I
look
at
things
very
differently
than
a
lot
of
folks
do,
and
sometimes
I
can
say
well
hey
what,
if,
if
you
did
it
this
way,
you
might
be
able
to
save
this
building
or
this,
and
that
that's
kind
of
what
really
they
want
to
be
able
to
do
is
to
just
have
a
set
of
fresh
eyes
on
things.
So
yeah.
E
Okay,
I
just
want
to
ask
some
general
questions.
I
don't
have
any
further
questions.
Thanks
do
we
have
any
speakers?
Oh
we're
joined
by
councilwoman
gross,
I'm
just
kind
of
filling
in
at
the
moment,
councilwoman.
If
you
have
any
hi,
if
you
have
any
questions,
if
you
have
any
questions.
G
No,
I'm
sorry.
I
was
late
logging
in
and
I'm
embarrassed
because
here
I
always
enjoy
your
presentations
and
I've
been
clicking
around
my
email
endlessly
here.
Looking
for
it,
madam
clerk
or
sarah.
C
C
B
Yeah
there's
a
link
on
the
calendar
that
was
sent
over.
If
you
go
to
that
calendar
you'll
see
a
link
right
under
it'll,
say
a
link
to
the
information
and
you
should
be
able
to
click
on
it.
G
That's
helpful,
so
just
I
know,
even
though
I
missed-
and
I
know
you
just
did
your
presentation:
what
year
are
the
buildings
that
you're
nominating.
G
I
think
it's
wonderful
to
have
nominations
from
like
the
mid-20th
century.
God
knows
we
know.
The
aesthetics
of
today
are
very
focused
on
mid-century,
and
I
always
like
to
remind
people
that
my
background
as
a
sociologist,
when
I
was
doing
that
in
my
previous
life
that
you
know
when
you
look
at
how
age
cohorts
kind
of
move
by
you
don't
realize
that
you
know
for
the
in
the
1950s.
G
You
know,
that's
that's
a
solid.
You
know,
30
years
before
today's
40
year
olds
were
even
born
right,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
the
things
that
you
think
of,
as
you
know,
old
or
historic,
I
was
born
in
the
1960s,
so
yeah.
So
you
know
when
I
think
of
things,
as
you
know,
from
the
1930s
and
earlier
is
like
historic,
but
sometimes
very.
D
G
People
look
at
things
and
go
like
gosh,
that's
not
very
old,
but
to
then
you
know
today's
generations
of
adults
who
are
younger
than
us.
It's
an
aesthetic
that
I
think
is
better
appreciated
as
historic
right.
So
I
I
think
it's
exciting
that
we
are
opening
our
eyes
to
preserving
the
you
know
the
parts
of
the
the
mid-century
the
mid-20th
century
that
we
want
to
preserve.
So
I
look
forward
to
reading
more
about
them.
I
know
you
always
do
a
wonderful
job
on
the
packets.
I
always.
E
G
G
E
When
I
went
to
school
there,
though
I
was
like
this-
is
not.
This
is
terrible
all
right,
so
I
guess
if
there,
if
there's
no
other
questions
I'll,
take
a
motion
to
adjourn.