{"id":2533,"date":"2012-09-11T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2015-01-08T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:37:34","slug":"march-10-1951-wabash-railroad-station-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/11\/march-10-1951-wabash-railroad-station-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Wabash Railroad Station and Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/11\\\/march-10-1951-wabash-railroad-station-and\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 636px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"636\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 636px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"636\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/11\/march-10-1951-wabash-railroad-station-and\/attachment\/2534\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"632\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2534\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma049mwdsC1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1017\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;TumblrHTY_03101951_Wabash\\rWabash Building\\rDate: 03\\\/10\\\/1951\\rCredit: Pittsburgh Press&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TumblrHTY_03101951_Wabash&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;TumblrHTY_03101951_Wabash&lt;br \/&gt; Wabash Building&lt;br \/&gt; Date: 03\/10\/1951&lt;br \/&gt; Credit: Pittsburgh Press&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma049mwdsC1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma049mwdsC1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C635&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma049mwdsC1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=632&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"632\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"632\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 632px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>March 10, 1951<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">The Wabash Building was born April 13, 1904\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">as the George J. Gould\u2019s Palace Depot. \u00a0It was reputedly the most beautiful railroad building west of New York. \u00a0Built\u00a0<\/span>at the intersection of Liberty Ave and Ferry St, currently known as Stanwix St,\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u00a0the building served as a station of the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway\u00a0and serviced passenger traffic until October 1931. \u00a0It was used as office space until its demolition in 1954 to make room for the new Gateway Center. \u00a0The building caught fire twice in 1946.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(Pittsburgh Press photo)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built at the intersection of Liberty Ave and Ferry St, currently known as Stanwix St,  the building served as a station of the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/11\/march-10-1951-wabash-railroad-station-and\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Wabash Railroad Station and Building<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[956,961,1024,972,1208,1039,1253,1244,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma049mwdsC1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1017&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2400,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/19\/the-wabash-bridge\/","url_meta":{"origin":2533,"position":0},"title":"The Wabash Bridge","date":"October 19, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The rail cars were from the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad, an ill-fated venture by George Jay Gould to compete with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc3hybsuae1rr5swxo2_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C709&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2394,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/19\/remnants-of-the-wabash-bridge\/","url_meta":{"origin":2533,"position":1},"title":"Remnants of the Wabash Bridge","date":"October 19, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The collapse swept iron workers off the bridge. 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