Aerial view of Mellon Square | Historic Pittsburgh

1955/1956

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Title
Aerial view of Mellon Square
Creator
Filmet Photographers
Identifier
MSP285.B033.F14.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B033.F14.I01
Description
This aerial view of Mellon Square (pictured in the center) highlights its unique juxtaposition among the buildings of downtown Pittsburgh. To the immediate right of the Square is the Mellon Bank Buildings (1923-24) built by architects Trowbridge & Livingston with E. P. Mellon. Parallel (left center) to the Square is the William Penn Hotel (1914-16 & 1928) on William Penn Way. To the left of Mellon Square (left foreground) is the groundbreaking Alcoa building (1953) built by architects Harrison & Abramovitz and located on 6th Avenue. A portion of the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club (1890) can be seen directly behind the Alcoa building and the Smithfield United Church spire can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Smithfield United Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Mellon Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Alcoa Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Oliver Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Mellon Bank 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
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