Union Arcade Construction- Terra-Cotta Details

August 7, 1916

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Union Arcade Construction- Terra-Cotta Details
  • Title
  • Union Arcade Construction- Terra-Cotta Details
  • Creator
  • Photo Products Co.
  • Date
  • August 7, 1916
  • Identifier
  • 0062.UT
  • Description
  • The ornate terra-cotta pieces can be seen along the top of the building, which gave the structure its character and charm. A view from the corner of Grant Street and Oliver Avenue, looking east The Frick Building is visible on the left. The Union Arcade in downtown Pittsburgh was built for Henry Clay Frick from 1915-1916, and opened for business in early 1917. Local architect Frederick J. Osterling designed the Flemish-Gothic style building which originally housed 240 retail shops and 700 offices throughout its 11 stories. The building, featuring a soaring rotunda with a Tiffany glass dome, was one of three buildings along Grant Street that Frick built in the early 1900s. In 1922 it became known as the Union Trust Building and is currently identified as Two Mellon Center. All photos are credited to Photo Products Co. of Pittsburgh, a company located in the neighboring Pittsburgh Times-Leader Building.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Streets
    Buildings--Design and construction
    Union Arcade Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Union Arcade Building Photograph Collection, 1915-1916
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Union Arcade Building Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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