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The tallest building in Pittsburgh is the 64- story U.S. Steel Tower, which rises 841 feet (256 m), was completed in 1970, [2] and is also the fifth tallest building in Pennsylvania. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is BNY Mellon Center, which rises 725 feet (221 m). [3]
Cathedral of Learning. The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at 535 feet (163 m), [6] the 42-story Late Gothic Revival Cathedral is the tallest educational building in the Western ...
Eighteen of Pittsburgh's large bridges are visible in this aerial photo The bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented valleys, hillsides, river plains, and isolated communities. A 2006 study determined that, at the time, Pittsburgh had 446 bridges, though that number has been disputed ...
Mount Washington. Highest point. Coordinates. 40°25′38″N 80°00′40″W / 40.4271°N 80.0112°W / 40.4271; -80.0112. Geography. Location. Pittsburgh. Mount Washington is a hill in Pittsburgh, on the southern banks of the Monongahela River and Ohio River.
Gulf Tower. The Gulf Tower is a 44-story, 177.4 m (582 ft) Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [5] The tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the city and is named for the Gulf Oil Corporation. Built as the headquarters for the Gulf Oil Company, the structure was designed by the firm of ...
Camera location. 40° 25′ 53.95″ N, 80° 00′ 23.36″ W. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap. 40.431653; -80.006489. NOTE: This image is a panorama of Pittsburgh consisting of 9 frames that were merged or stitched in Hugin. As a result, this image necessarily underwent some form of digital manipulation.
Pittsburgh (/ ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania ...
For the building in New York formerly known as the U.S. Steel Building, see One Liberty Plaza. The U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building, UPMC Building, or USX Tower (1988–2001), is a 64-story skyscraper at 600 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The interior has 2,300,000 sq ft (210,000 m 2) of leasable space.