THE OLD FIRE STATION
ALLEGHENY HISTORIC DISTRICT, PITTSBURGH
IMAGE NUMBER 656
The Mexican War Streets, originally known as the "Buena Vista Tract", is a historic district in the Central Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The district is densely filled with beautifully restored row houses, community gardens and tree-lined streets and alleyways. The area dates from 1848, around the time of the Mexican–American War, and consists largely of row houses, mostly Victorian-era.
The Mexican War Streets Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In that year, the listing was a 27-acre (11 ha) area and there were 119 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the district. Many of the buildings now have "funky" exteriors. Fashionable micro breweries are disposessing the black community which had until recently been consigned to Allegheny since it fell out of favour. This image showsthe old fire station dating from 1877 on the corner of Arch St and Jacksonia St Allegheny.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of 1/8th of a second and an aperture of f22. 45 mm Phase One wide angle lens with focal plane shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.