Downtown Pittsburgh

1935/1980

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Downtown Pittsburgh
  • Title
  • Downtown Pittsburgh
  • Creator
  • Altwater & Brothers Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B006.F06.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B006.F06.I04
  • Description
  • Gateway Center One, Two, and Three are pictured on the left background. The forty-four story Gulf Building, designed by architects Trowbridge and Livingston (1930-1932), is pictured on the right behind the Koppers Building (1927-1929). The low buildings with arched roofs (right) were the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station Sheds. The sixty-four story U.S. Steel Building, designed by architects Harrison, Abramovitz & Abbe, is pictured in the background behind one of Pittsburgh’s oldest skyscrapers, the Grant Building.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gulf Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Koppers Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    U.S. Steel Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Grant Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • 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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