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2 unusual facts about History of Pittsburgh's South Side


History of Pittsburgh's South Side

The location was so nationally recognized for production, Presidents Andrew Jackson and James Monroe ordered glass tableware for the White House from companies operating in the area.

In 1854, Benjamin Franklin Jones and James Laughlin became business partners and formed American Iron Workers.


Allegheny Conference

The pollution-control program explicitly influenced the decision of the Equitable Life Assurance Society to invest in planning the Gateway Center project, a keystone of economic revitalization in Downtown Pittsburgh during Renaissance I.


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