Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel under Construction

1958/1959

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Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel under Construction

Title
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel under Construction
Identifier
MSP285.B007.F05.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B007.F05.I01
Description
The 22-story, 813-room Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (center), located in Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh, still under construction. The $15 million hotel was designed by architect William B. Tabler and at the time of its opening housed one of the world’s largest ballrooms, holding 2,000 people at banquets and 2,660 at meetings. Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel and Towers opened in 1959. Directly behind the Hilton Hotel are the three Gateway Center buildings; to the right is the Pennsylvania State Office Building. The photograph was taken from the Fort Pitt Bridge, which opened in 1959.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fort Pitt Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Hotels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
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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