January 12, 2010

Saving Pittsburgh's Paramount Pictures Film Exchange Building


Pittsburgh City Council will hold a final public hearing on designating the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange building as a City Historic Landmark today, January 12th at 1:30 p.m.

Built in 1926, the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange served as the sole distribution point for major motion pictures between Hollywood and local theaters. It's now in danger of becoming a UPMC warehouse.

You can read more about it here. There's also this neat little video about the building's historical significance:


If you think that UPMC could survive without gobbling up this one building, come out and support historic preservation (or at least shoot your councilor a call or email).
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