When Steve drove me over to the Southside Wed night, I saw the old Children’s Hospital being demolished. On the outside of that exit door high in the sky, there’s a pink paper still hanging on the right wall. My daughter-in-law, Erika, was a nurse in the NICU at the old Children’s. Thursday on the way home from work I saw the new Children’s Hopsital as I sat in traffic on the Bloomfield Bridge. A helicopter about to land on the roof…
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This entry was posted on October 22, 2010 by rutheh. It was filed under Pittsburgh Photos and was tagged with Bloomfield, building demolition, Children's Hospital, city scene, Lawrenceville, Oakland, photo of the day, photoblog, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pictures, slideshow, UPMC.
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it looks like its a nicer hospital
October 22, 2010 at 7:11 am
Love the shot that caught the rainbow.
October 22, 2010 at 8:11 am
Photo essay! Wonder if the noise problem the Lawrenceville citizens are enduring is being solved….. I have one here, apt in next street over, so am sympathetic
October 22, 2010 at 8:23 am
Every time I go out on Fifth Ave. there are at least a couple people standing and watching the demolition. I usually stop and stare for a while, too. Wished I would have had my camera the day they had a bunch of the brightly colored exam rooms exposed, some with sinks and signs on the walls still intact.
October 22, 2010 at 10:08 am
I wish I could have gotten more pictures from when I was here last time. I have some video footage of the elevators on my youtube channel. But I thought it was going to be reused for UPMC Presbyterianism, but instead they knocked in down. It was more than just a building to me, and same goes with a lot of people.I remember I always went to the cafeteria on the B level and taking the yellow elevator. one thing though, I always have my camera with me when I go places. But this is the end
RIP: Childrens hospital DeSoto Building 1392-2010
November 14, 2010 at 7:38 pm
What a contrast!f
October 22, 2010 at 10:09 am
such a shame to see that place be demolished, its very sad, I really will miss that old building. If anyone wants to see, I have some video footage of the elevators in this building which also shows part of the hallways. I wish I knew they were going to do this and I would have gotten more interior photos before this happen.
November 14, 2010 at 7:23 pm
The old Children’s definately needed torn down as sad as it is. But it was a dirty, stinky, mess of a building.
August 18, 2012 at 5:31 pm