(City Plans - Pittsburgh)    Citizens Committee on City Plan Of Pittsburgh.   THE PITTSBURGH PLAN.   Reports 1 to 6 Inclusive (cover title).     &nbspPittsburgh,   1924.          A scarce complete set of the six plans issued by the Citizens Committee On The City Plan Of Pittsburgh; this copy specially bound and presented to Wallace Borland from J.D. Hailman, secretary of the committee. "The year 1923 is memorable in Pittsburgh's city planning history, for in that year a zoning ordinance was adopted, the Allegheny County Planning Commission created, and the series of plan reports which had been prepared with the advice of Mr. Harland Bartholomew for the Citizens Committee on the City Plan of Pittsburgh were published." (Hubbard and Hubbard, OUR CITIES TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW p. 367) The project, which first began in 1918, was undertaken by this committee, "an entirely unofficial body of citizens who... have expended nearly a quarter of a million dollars in the study and preparation of the Plan." (report no. 3, p. 5). The plans were issued separately, at first. They are: Part 1 - PITTSBURGH PLAYGROUNDS, June, 1920, "a study of existing facilities; with recommendations for improvement of existing areas, for a city-wide system of playgrounds, and for a city-wide system of athletic fields; Part 2 - A MAJOR STREET PLAN FOR PITTSBURGH, September, 1921, "a study of the principal thoroughfares of the city; with recommendations for a system of main traffic arteries"; Part 3 - TRANSIT, September, 1923, " a study of the physical street railway facilities in Pittsburgh and of the need for, and possibilities of, improvement; largely devoted to the problem in the central business district, but containing an outline of broader development , including rapid transit;" Part 4 - PITTSBURGH PARKS, September, 1923, "a study of existing facilities; with recommendations for improvements of existing areas, and for a city-wide system of neighborhood parks to be coordinated with playgrounds and athletic fields"; Part 5 - RAILROADS OF THE PITTSBURGH DISTRICT, October, 1923, " a study of existing facilities of all railroads; with recommendations for improvement; special attention given to freight handling facilities and operating methods"; Part 6, WATERWAYS, October,1923, "a study of the problem of water transportation; with recommendations for development; includes specific discussion of wharf improvement." The reports are filled with maps, charts, tables, plans and photographs. On each report, Harland Bartholomew is listed as consultant. OCLC lists only seven complete sets. This copy has some condition problems, primarily adhesion flaws confined to the margins, but more intrusive damage is noted below.   Quarto (27.3 x 20.5 cm); signed presentation page, typed; (1) + 40; 65 + (iii); 58 + (ii); 76 + 76 + (ii) + 60 + (ii) pp. with original individual upper covers bound in, with, maps, tables, plans, photographs in the text + 13 fold-out plans, one in color.            Bound in contemporary black cloth with gilt title and the name of Wallace Borland, gilt, on upper cover; spine ends lightly worn; corners bumped, especially upper right; scattered faint to heavy thumb-soiling, mostly in margins; occasional margin tears repaired; occasional light pencil notations and one large pencil sketch on blank verso of a plate; in the TRANSIT volume there are two small holes (none much more than 1mm) in one plate and text verso, one in another plate and text verso, but without significant interference with the sense of plates and text; in the PARKS volume there is evidence of margin adhesion, mostly carefully separated, but one page has a 6 cm chip-tear out of the top right margin that affects a few letters on one page - the text is still perfectly legible; a fold-out map in the RAILROAD volume has adhesion tears along the outer margins, but no text loss. A good working copy of a scarce work. $325.00

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