Allegheny Conference on Community Development records 1920-1993 [manuscript]

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Allegheny Conference on Community Development records 1920-1993 [manuscript]

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The Allegheny Conference on Community Development Records include minutes, correspondence, reports and printed materials. The records document the large scope of the involvement of the Conference in the planning and redevelopment of the greater Pittsburgh region. Series have been designated for Annual Dinners; Articles; Community Activities Advisor; Conventions; Director of Planning; Executive Director; Financial Materials; Highland Park Zoo Aquarium; Highways; Lower Hill Redevelopment; Mellon Square Park; News Releases; Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association; Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association; Point Park Committee; Planning, Recreation, Conservation and Park Council; Report Library; Three Rivers Stadium; and Topical Files.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Allegheny Conference on Community Development (Pa.)

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The Allegheny Conference on Community Development (ACCD) was organizaed in 1943 as the Citizens' Committee on Post-War Planning. The Committee was established to improve Pittsburgh from a dirty, smoky, easily flooded place where no one would voluntarily live into an improved city that could benefit from the post-war recovery period. This began a very successful plan that has been copied by many other cities. The Conference has changed its emphasis to meet special needs within the community and h...