Carrie Furnace Redevelopment

If there’s one place I can think of that is quintessentially Pittsburgh, it’s Carrie Furnace.  The site has been abandoned for well over 20 years, and for that period of time it was indicative of the state of the city. But now, as we continue to make the old new again and use those former industrial sites to serve the new service oriented economy, the redevelopment plan focuses on connecting the area to the Water Front shopping center across the river, which was, of course the site of the old Homestead Steel.

The redevelopment plans will supposedly preserve part of the old furnace, though it’s not quite clear to me to what degree.  Click through the link to watch Dan Onorato talk about the plans.

Thanks to Hours of Darkness for this photo.  Check out their photo galleries of other modern ruins.