Wednesday Whimsy

(One in a continuing series!) (Thrills and excitement to follow!)(Don't get too excited!)

Passages through DT Pburgh on a lunch-hour walk: Belgian blocks in Market Square, blockades at PNC, empty storefronts on Fifth Avenue. All attempts at reconstruction still don't address the fact that, for whatever reason, Market Square attracts a lot of people who don't have much to do except hang out. So. We shall see. And, by the way, my grandfather, Edward Hurley, loved Market Square, except in his day, the space was called the New Diamond Market.

I found the image below at the Carnegie Library Online site; it dates to after Grandad Hurley's day, but shows that Market Square actually was a covered market, kind of like Les Halles (much smaller scale!)

Here it is. Thank you, Caroline!