The steel city as seen by a young Elliott Erwitt in 1950, in one of his first photo assignments:

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Bus terminal. Loading platform—waiting for a bus. October 1950.

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Saline Street. September 1950

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Section around Tenth Street Bridge across Monongahela River. October, 1950.

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Student priests view city from top of Monongahela Incline. September, 1950.

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Boundary Street. 1950.

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[Photos © Elliott Erwitt | Magnum Photos]

I featured Old Pittsburgh a few weeks back. 

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