Twentieth Century Pittsburgh Volume Two

Download or read book Twentieth-Century Pittsburgh, Volume Two written by Roy Lubove and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1996-02-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the major decisions, events, programs, and personalities that transformed the city of Pittsburgh during its urban renewal project, which began in 1977. Roy Lubove demonstrates how the city showed united determination to attract high technology companies in an attempt to reverse the economic fallout from the decline of the local steel industry. Lubove also separates the successes from the failures, the good intentions from the actual results.