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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]
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.
History. Originally steam powered, the Duquesne Incline was designed by Samuel Diescher, a Hungarian-American civil engineer based in Pittsburgh, and completed in 1877. The incline is 800 feet (244 m) long, 400 feet (122 m) in height, and is inclined at a 30-degree angle. Its track gauge is 5 ft (1,524 mm), which is unusual for United States ...
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 ...
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.
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.
PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. PPG Place was designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee. Named for its anchor tenant, PPG Industries, which initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass ...