The story of RIDC over the past 70 years — it was founded in 1955 — is closely intertwined with the economic history of the Pittsburgh region. Both are chronicled in a new book, Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City. Written by award-winning journalist Jeffery Fraser and edited by Pittsburgh Quarterly publisher Douglas Heuck, Rebuilding Pittsburgh will appeal to history buffs and anyone curious about the region’s past, with its detailed and fascinating anecdotes about the challenges the region faced — and continues to face — and the people who have taken on those challenges decade after decade.
