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Hilton Hotel under Construction

1959-04-01

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Hilton Hotel under Construction
  • Title
  • Hilton Hotel under Construction
  • Creator
  • Altwater & Brothers Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F05.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F05.I05
  • Description
  • The 22-story, 813-room Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (center), located in the Golden Triangle in downtown Pittsburgh, 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 2000 people at banquets and 2660 at meetings. Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel and Towers opened in 1959.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hilton Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    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
  • Rights Information
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