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PAT plans to pay $5 million for the Science Center Warehouse Building
(formerly Miller Printing Company), across the street from The Carnegie Science
Center, which includes the popular SportsWorks exhibit, to build an elevated
"Allegheny Station" Light Rail Transit station (part of subway expansion
to the North Side).

Also, housed, in this warehouse building, are several historic pieces of equipment
and artifacts from Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular
Science, including the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector, the oldest operable major
planetarium projector in the world !!!

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts."
Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 April 29.
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* Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts."
Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District. 2008 April 28.
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* Graham, Francis. " Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts."
Letter. To City and County Public Officials. 2008 April 24.

* Letters to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President Dr. David M. Hillenbrand,
regarding refusal to allow Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh
to tour Carnegie Science Center Warehouse (where historic Buhl Planetarium artifacts
are stored), with Port Authority of Allegheny County tour group:
** Walsh, Glenn A. Letter to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President
Dr. David M. Hillenbrand. 2008 April 10.

Letter *** Attachment including Inventory of Buhl Artifacts Moved to Carnegie Science Center ** Graham, Francis G. Letter to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President
Dr. David M. Hillenbrand. 2008 April 9.

* McCoy, Adrian. "Science center laser shows now high-def."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 15.
Regarding $500,000 upgrade to laser-light concerts and
$206,000 upgrade to Observatory and Planetarium lobby (not
including display of Zeiss II Planetarium Projector or large
Mercator's Projection Map of the World!).

* 2007 Oct. 30 - Public Statement --
Public Statement before the Council of the City of Pittsburgh regarding
the future status of historic artifacts from the original Buhl Planetarium:
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* 2007 Oct. 29 - Public Statement --
Public Statement before the Allegheny Regional Asset District Board of Directors
regarding the future status of historic artifacts from the original Buhl Planetarium:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Oct. 8 - Letter (By U.S. Mail and by Electronic Mail) to
Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh from
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President David M. Hillenbrand
regarding plans for continued storage of three historic Buhl
Planetarium artifacts: Zeiss II Planetarium Projector, 10-inch
Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope, and large Mercator's Projection
Map of the World

* 2007 Sept. 24 - Letter (By Certified Mail, Return-Receipt Requested) to
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President David M. Hillenbrand, from
Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh, asking where historic
Buhl Planetarium equipment and artifacts will be moved, prior to completion
of sale of Carnegie Science Center Warehouse to Port Authority of Allegheny County:

Letter *** Attachment including Inventory of Buhl Artifacts Moved to Carnegie Science Center

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* 2007 Sept. 28, 12:17 p.m. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line:
Port Authority OK's deals on SportsWorks, parking lot

* 2007 Sept. 22, 8:52 a.m. - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line/AP:
Subway expansion to claim Science Center's SportsWorks building

* 2007 Sept. 22 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Light-rail extension to displace SportsWorks
By Jonathan D. Silver

* 2007 Sept. 22 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Authority wants to increase CMU, Pitt fares
By Jim Ritchie
Includes PAT plans to buy Science Center warehouse.

* 2007 Sept. 21, 12:24 p.m. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line:
Port Authority plans to buy, demolish SportsWorks
By Jonathan D. Silver

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