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storyReform Came With Cameras — And Left With The HeadlinesPittsburgh repeatedly announced that corruption had finally been exposed. Grand juries convened, raids filled front pages, officials promised clean government.Historyreformgrand jury
storyPittsburgh Cleaned Up City Hall—Then Power Learned the New RulesIn 1911 Pittsburgh replaced its sprawling ward-based councils with nine at-large seats; decades later, representation problems forced the city to reform the reform.Historycity council1911 reform
storyThe Vice District Built Beside RespectabilityPittsburgh’s vice districts did not exist outside respectable property markets. Brothels, saloons, lodging houses, theaters, churches, factories, and family homes could occupy the same few blocks.Historyviceproperty records