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Time Capsule Under Razed Pittsburgh Playhouse Opened
It was contained in the cornerstone of the building originally constructed as the Tree of Life synagogue.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The recent demolition of the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland presented an opportunity to open a time capsule. It was contained in the cornerstone of the building originally constructed as the second synagogue for the Tree of Life.
Encased in the building’s cornerstone was a metal box full of historic documents put there in 1906.
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There were old Pittsburgh newspapers, bank deposit books, some letters and envelopes.
