Midtown Towers

1960/1980

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Midtown Towers
  • Title
  • Midtown Towers
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F24.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F24.I01
  • Description
  • The Midtown Towers, located at Liberty Avenue and Seventh Street in downtown Pittsburgh and formally known as the Keenan Building, were designed by Thomas Hannah in 1907. The building took the name of Colonel Thomas J. Keenan, Jr., owner of the Penny Press founded in 1885 and later known as the Pittsburgh Press. Originally, the terra cotta of the lower part of the building contained ten medallions of important Pittsburgh residents and Pennsylvania politicians, but several of these have fallen into disrepair. The dome once housed the Baird Studio, the elegantly furnished workplace of a fashionable photographer. The building is now used primarily for apartments.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Midtown Towers (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Keenan Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--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
  • 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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