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seeks to develop it into an industrial park. 57<br />
U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />
HAER No. PA-115<br />
(Page 46)<br />
Today, most of the structures on the site of the Duquesne<br />
Works, now known as the "City Center" of Duquesne, remain<br />
standing. In the seven years since the works was officially<br />
closed, the city has lost more than an estimated $1,000,000 per<br />
year in tax revenues. Since 1984, many of the small businesses<br />
which catered to the mill's workers have either closed or<br />
relocated outside of town. Duquesne's declining population is<br />
increasingly aged, as most of its young citizens have left the<br />
community in search of good paying jobs. According to<br />
projections by Allegheny County officials, it will take between<br />
fifteen and twenty years before the proposed industrial park will<br />
yield anything like the number of jobs available during the<br />
mill's heyday. 58<br />
57 The Pittsburgh Press, October 9, 198 3; The Pittsburgh Post-<br />
Gazette, March 29, 1984; Hoerr, And the Wolf Finally Came, 582-86;<br />
William Serrin, "Pittsburgh Area Rallies to Save Blast Furnace,"<br />
The New York Times, January 30, 1985; The Pittsburgh Press, January<br />
17, 18, 1985; The Daily News, McKeesport, PA, January 28, 29, 1985;<br />
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazetter December 5, 1984; William Serrin,<br />
"Rally Presses Revival of Steel Plant," The New York Times, May 19,<br />
1985; The Daily News, January 9, 1986; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,<br />
August 2, 1988.<br />
53 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 7, 1984; The Pittsburgh<br />
Press. November 17, 1983.