Construction of PPG Place from Mt. Washington

1982

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Construction of PPG Place from Mt. Washington
  • Title
  • Construction of PPG Place from Mt. Washington
  • Creator
  • PPG Industries
  • Date
  • 1982
  • Identifier
  • 20170227-hpichswp-0033
  • Description
  • Construction of PPG Place taken from Mount Washington in October 1982. PPG Industries broke ground on PPG Place on January 28, 1981. Designed by the John Burgee architecture firm with Philip Johnson, PPG Place stands 635 feet tall and is covered with nearly one million square feet of PPG Solarban 500 clear reflective glass. PPG place was dedicated on April 11, 1984.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • PPG Industries.
    Architecture--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    PPG Place (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • PPG Industries Records, 1888-1995, MSS 667, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • PPG Industries Records
  • Rights Information
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