Heritage Architecture, Pittsburgh Photos |
Between 1890 & 1910, Pittsburgh boomed first with local oil, then iron & steel industries, to become the second wealthiest American city, surpassed only by New York. This wealth is reflected in a long tradition of architecturally interesting commercial skyscrapers constrained in a triangular area between the Monongahela & Allegheny Rivers. Escarpments across the river from downtown provide skyline vistas. |
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| Heritage buildings Benedum-Trees (1905) (19 floors) by Thomas H. Scott, Investment (1927) (21 floors) by John Donn, & Arrott (1902) (18 floors) by Frederick J. Osterling in front of skyscrapers. | Heritage row of offices like Firstside Building & Riverview Place facing Monongahela River. | Oliver Building (1910) (535 Smithfield St.) (25 floors) behind Park Building (1896) (15 floors) by George B. Post. Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company. | Allegheny County Courthouse tower (250ft) (1888) (436 Grant St.) (5 floors). Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson. On National Register. |
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| Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (1927 & 71) (former Loew's Penn Theater) with Dominion & PNC Plaza towers. | Relief tiles around window of Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. | Facade of Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. | Omni William Penn Hotel (1916) (530 William Penn Place) (18 floors) with U.S. Steel Tower behind. Architect: Janssen & Abbott. On National Register. |
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| One Mellon Center (1983) (500 Grant St.) (54 floors) over Omni William Penn Hotel. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. | Kaufmann's Building (1898) (Fifth Av.) (12 floors). Architect: Charles Bickel. | Indian carving on Kaufmann's Building. | Lion carving on Kaufmann's Building. |
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| Kaufmann's Department Store (1913) (400 Fifth Av.) (13 floors). Architect: Janssen & Abbott. | Tile details of cornice on Kaufmann's Department Store. | Tile details showing K & dolphins on Kaufmann's Department Store. | Tile columns on Kaufmann's Department Store. |
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| Kaufmann's Department Store Clock. | Portal detail of Heinz 57 Center. | Heinz 57 Center (1914) (339 Sixth Av.) (13 floors). Architect: Starrett & Van Vleck. | Spire of Smithfield United Church (1925-6). Architect: Henry Hornbostel. |
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| Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (1872) spire 61m 200ft (315 Shady Av.). Style: Gothic. Architect: Gordon Lloyd. | Oliver Building (1910) (535 Smithfield St.) (25 floors) behind Trinity Episcopal Cathedral spire. Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company. | First Presbyterian Church (1903-5) (312 6th Ave ). Architect: Theophilus P. Chandler. | Narrow granite building on Sixth Avenue. |
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| The Bank Center (307 Fourth Av.) (16 floors). Architect: Alden & Harlow. | Window archway & awning of The Bank Center. | Arrott Building with crenellated roofline. | Arrott Building (1902) (401 Wood St.) (18 floors) with crenellated roofline. Architect: Frederick J. Osterling. |
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| Dollar Savings Bank Building (1870). Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Isaac H. Hobbs& Sons. | Block House of Fort Pitt (1764) by British Colonel Henry Bouquet guards the tip of Pittsburgh. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |