Status of City of Pittsburgh Property Related to Buhl Planetarium

Status of City of Pittsburgh Property Related to

The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science

2001 October

ALSO SEE:

City of Pittsburgh Inventory of "Buhl Planetarium Assets"
2002 January 23

Inventory of City-Owned Buhl Planetarium Assets
Moved to Carnegie Science Center
2007 September 24

Real Estate - The real estate where the Buhl Planetarium building is located has been the property of the City of Pittsburgh since the annexation of the City of Allegheny in 1907. The Allegheny City Hall was located on this site, prior to the construction of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Buhl Planetarium's staff parking lot, adjacent to the north wall of the building, was a City street(North Diamond Street West) prior to installation of the Allegheny Center street system in the mid-1960s.

Two significant City properties are directly adjacent to the Buhl Planetarium:

Also, located on Buhl Planetarium's east lawn(these three items are also City property):

Building - The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building was erected by the Buhl Foundation, which paid the entire $1,081,500 cost of construction and furnishing the building. In accordance with a 1937 lease agreement, between the City of Pittsburgh and the Buhl Foundation, the building and all contents were donated and conveyed to the City of Pittsburgh upon the building's dedication in October of 1939. Accessibility for the Disabled improvements completed in 1982: outside wheelchair ramp to front doors of building; inside wheelchair ramp to Planetarium entrance; conversion of freight elevator to elevator for the disabled, including the addition of one stop[so elevator now stops at four sub-levels of building(two on first floor and two on lower level)]; chair lift for the disabled to access the Lower Level Octagon Gallery; handicapped restrooms; handicapped water fountain(late 1980s).

Equipment and Artifacts - The following remain the property of the City of Pittsburgh -

Equipment and Artifacts Remaining at the Buhl Planetarium building:

ALSO SEE:

City of Pittsburgh Inventory of "Buhl Planetarium Assets"
2002 January 23

Inventory of City-Owned Buhl Planetarium Assets
Moved to Carnegie Science Center
2003 November 1

gaw 10-9-2001; updates: 3-2002, 12-10-2003

Learn More About The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science on the Internet:

< http://www.planetarium.cc >

Glenn A. Walsh
P.O. Box 1041
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230-1041
Telephone: 412-561-7876
Electronic Mail: < gawalsh@planetarium.cc >
Internet Web Site: < http:// www.planetarium.cc >