9 Then And Now Photos In Pittsburgh That Show Just How Much It Has Changed
By Beth Price-Williams|Updated on May 20, 2023(Originally published May 15, 2023)
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Beth Price-Williams
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A professional writer for more than two decades, Beth has lived in nearly a dozen states – from Missouri and Virginia to Connecticut and Vermont – and Toronto, Canada. In addition to traveling extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., she has a BA in Journalism from Point Park University (PA), a MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Stockton University (NJ), and a Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University (PA). A writer and editor for Only In Your State since 2016, Beth grew up in and currently lives outside of Pittsburgh and when she’s not writing or hanging out with her bunnies, budgies, and chinchilla, she and her daughter are out chasing waterfalls.
Some things will just never change – like the bumper-to-bumper traffic on the parkway during rush hour and the magnificence of Union Station – while Pittsburgh continues to transform and reinvent itself as the decades pass. So much has changed yet so much of what Pittsburgh once was still lingers in today’s landscape. See for yourself in these historic photos of Pittsburgh then and now:
This view really illustrates how much has changed in the city of Pittsburgh. The skyline has evolved immensely with lots of development in the last century.
Downtown Pittsburgh strikes a good balance between paying homage to its past, and maintaining historic buildings, while also developing into a new and vibrant city.
