Porter Building during Construction

1957/1958

Title
Porter Building during Construction
Creator
Judge of Good Pictures
Identifier
MSP285.B002.F32.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B002.F32.I02
Description
The 17-story H.K. Porter Building, located at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz and opened in 1958 during Pittsburgh’s first renaissance. The building features an aluminum-skin exterior, three stainless steel and glass revolving door entrances, and three adjacent single stainless steel swing door entrances. The main lobby area and elevator corridor are faced with gray and white Italian marble.
Genre
photographs
Subject
H.K. Porter Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Construction workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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