Mission St.
by Joyce Wasser
Title
Mission St.
Artist
Joyce Wasser
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Photograph - Photography
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Mission St. is located on the Southside Slopes of Pittsburgh, PA in the USA.The South Side expanded and grew in order to keep up with Pittsburgh's industrial boom and the industry of glass-making was predominant in the early 1800s, and later the banks of the Monongahela River became home to the iron and steel operations run by the company J&L Steel.
J&L (The Jones and Laughlin Steel Company) eventually became South Side's largest employer as by 1910 it employed 15,000 workers.The majority of these workers came as immigrants from European nations such as Germany, Ireland, Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, and the Slavic nations. They settled into homes in the present day South Side Slopes. The houses built for them were traditionally one room wide, two rooms deep, and up to four stories high. The houses are built into the hillside with narrow walkways between them.The Slopes is rich in culture as many immigrants wanted to preserve their native cultures and languages; so they built many bars and churches, many of which still exist today. St. Joseph's in this photo was a polish church.
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September 14th, 2020
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