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Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, [ 2] is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The triangle is bounded by the two ...
Designated NHL. October 9, 1960 [ 3] Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m 2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River . Built on land that was acquired via eminent ...
Downtown 1968 Allegheny County Fairgrounds: 1927–1934 South Park: South Park Township: 2009 Allegheny County Jail (now Family Court Facility, County Court of Common Pleas) 1886 Henry Hobson Richardson: Ross Street and Fifth Avenue Downtown 1968 Allegheny General Hospital (1930 part) 1928–1930 York & Sawyer
Gulf Tower. / 40.44250°N 79.99528°W / 40.44250; -79.99528. 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 ...
Union Station, also known as Pennsylvania Station and commonly called Penn Station, is a historic train station in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It was one of several passenger rail stations that served Pittsburgh during the 20th century; others included the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, the Baltimore and Ohio Station, and Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, and it is the only surviving ...
The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region, known as Jaödeogë’ in the Seneca language. [ 1] Eventually, European explorers encountered the strategic confluence where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, which leads to the Mississippi River.
September 5, 1985. Designated PHLF. 1989 [2] The Fourth Avenue Historic District is a historic district in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The district was the center of finance and banks for the city during the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century. Many structures still exist from that era, including the location ...
By 1876, the name had been changed to Mount Washington, [2] and a year later, the view of the City of Pittsburgh was first drawn from Mount Washington. [3] Many photos of the Pittsburgh skyline are from Mount Washington, due to the elevation of the hill overlooking the river valley and Downtown Pittsburgh below. [4]