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By 1900, known as the "Glass Trust", it included 10 plants, had a 65 percent share of the U.S. plate glass market, and had become the nation's second largest producer of paint. [4] Today, known as PPG Industries, the company is a multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 corporation with 150 manufacturing locations around the world.
Glidden (paints) P. Pitcairn Building; Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building; Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant; PPG Paints Arena; PPG Place; T. Teslin (material)
Construction of the building highlighted Pittsburgh's "Renaissance II period", which saw the Pittsburgh economy weather steel mill closures, while Pittsburgh Plate Glass remained a Fortune 500 company. [12] Office space opened in August 1983, the retail shops opened in November 1984, and the complex was dedicated on April 11, 1984. [13]
Ford City was founded in 1887 as a company town by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (now PPG Industries) as the site for its Works No. 3 glass factory. The town was named in honor of the company founder, John Baptiste Ford. The factory employed as many as 5,000 workers in its heyday. PPG shut down its Ford City operations in the 1990s.
Two large stained-glass windows installed by Hartford City Glass Company's Belgian glass workers A New England Glass Company ewer , 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company , circa 1922
Bliss, a paint-and-sip gathering space, is now open at 16 Pleasant St. in Bristol. The business allows customers to hold private events or rent the space for nights of making art and drinking wine.