Friends of the Zeiss
Telephone:
412-561-7876
Electronic Mail: <
friendsofthezeiss@planetarium.cc
>
Internet Web Site:
< http://www.friendsofthezeiss.org
>
2004 December 29
Mr. Dale A. Perrett, Director
Department of General
Services
City of
526 City County Building
Dear Mr. Perrett:
Under the terms of the
Historic Preservation Ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh, this letter is to
officially inform you, as Director of the City’s Department of General
Services, that Friends of the Zeiss is placing The Buhl Planetarium and
Institute of Popular Science, a City-owned building, in nomination to become a
City Designated Historic Structure, under the rules governed by the Historic
Review Commission of Pittsburgh.
On behalf of Friends of the
Zeiss, this nomination is being officially entered by Mr. Jon Wilson Smith, who
lives in the Banksville section of the City of
Friends of the Zeiss has
chosen this time as the best time to proceed with this nomination. The
neighboring buildings, the Old Allegheny Post Office and the Allegheny Regional
Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (also owned by the City of Pittsburgh),
were designated by the City as historic landmarks many years earlier on 1972
December 26 and 1974 March 15, respectively.
Although Mr. Glenn A. Walsh
first proposed historic designation for Buhl Planetarium in early 1989, the
unknown future status of the building, at that time, prevented the actual
nomination of the structure. It was not until now, when the status of the
building is clear and exterior renovations have been completed, that we believe
such a nomination would be accepted by the building owner, the City of
As a courtesy, Friends of the
Zeiss has sent a letter to the current tenant of Buhl Planetarium, the
Children’s
Within a week’s time, the
nomination application, in its entirety, will be posted on the Friends of the
Zeiss Internet web site, for inspection by you and the public. We will transmit
to you the appropriate Internet link at that time.
Sincerely yours,
Jon
(Nominator) Project
Director
(Application
Preparer)
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Attachment
Copy: Tom Murphy, Mayor, City of
Michael D. Eversmeyer, Chairman. Historic Review
Commission of
Members of the Council of the City of
Tom Flaherty, City Controller, City of