Mr. Clyde Wright:
Carson Street


Thumbnail: East Carson Street, 1970s (detail). East Carson Street


For Further Reading: 1981-1996

* "West Carson Street to Become Three Lanes."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3 January 1981, 2.

* "Carson St. Work Under Way."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 August 1982.

* "Truckless Carson Street Envisioned."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 17 January 1986, 8.

* "Building Collapse Shuts Carson."

Alton Fuller.
The Pittsburgh Press 15 March 1986, A1-A2.

* "Carson Street Chaos:

Widening to Four Lanes Expected to Jam Traffic."
Joe Grata.
The Pittsburgh Press 20 March 1986, B1, B7.

* "Neighborhoods: On the South Side:

Charlie Samaha And the Rise of Carson Street."
Abby Mendelson.
Pittsburgh (September 1986): 31-32.

* "East Carson Historic Status Recommended."

Todd Gutnick.
Greensburg Tribune-Review 15 May 1993, C1.

* "City Plans to Widen Carson St. Near Incline."

Tom Barnes.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 9 July 1993, B4.

* "Plan for East Carson Street Historic District Hotly Debated."

Greensburg Tribune-Review 23 July 1993, A7.

* East Carson Street Historic District Designation:

Questions and Answers. [Leaflet.]
Pittsburgh: Historic Review Commission, 1993.

* "Carson Street Called One of the Best."

Aviva Lucas.
Tribune-Review 29 April 1996.

* "Carson Street Repair Battles:

Councilman Alan Hertzberg Is Holding a Foot-Wide Easement Hostage
In His Battle with PennDOT over Crumbling Sidewalks."
Tom Barnes.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 17 June 1996.

* "On Easy Street:

That's East Carson, Where It's Easy to Find Either Familiar Or Funky Shops."
Georgia Sauer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 December 1996, E11.




Last updated: 15 April 1999.


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