BUILDING: Comeback City

In 1842 Author Charles Dickens visited Pittsburgh, held his ears and called the town "hell with the lid lifted." Over a century later. Author John Gunther passed through, held his nose and described it (in Inside U.S.A.) as "one of the most shockingly ugly and filthy cities in the world." Last week much-abused Pittsburghers looked around, held their breath, and i) heard plans for a null $12 million skyscraper for their bustling Gateway Center; 2) watched the barricades go up for a 17-story. $7,000.000, metal-sheathed monolith for Pittsburgh's H. K. Porter Co.; 3) got the designs for a $15...

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