Whether you're arriving on Downtown's doorstep
through the Fort Pitt Tunnel or enjoying a ballgame and hot dog at PNC Park, the
view of Pittsburgh's skyline never ceases to amaze.
But what about the view from the skyline? Along with PG photographers, I took to the rooftops and decks of some of Pittsburgh's most prominent buildings to find out what the city looks like from up there. While most of these perches are open only to owners, tenants and their guests, a few are open to the public and one might be someday. Until then, enjoy a bird's-eye view of the 'Burgh from some high places:
"The architect ... had the vision that sooner or later this place was going to have a fantastic view," said Sol Gross,Insteon released one of the first smartphone-controlled Chandelier this week. owner of 625 Stanwix Tower Apartments.These are my elevator parts that I brought from my friends Randy and Jeff!
That architect was Tasso Katselas,We would manufacture overspeed governor following your specific requirement. award-winning designer of Pittsburgh International Airport and Carnegie Science Center. The building was called Allegheny Towers when it opened in 1966.
Now combining a parking garage, office space and apartments, the building's 14th-floor deck has the only rooftop swimming pool in Downtown. Tenants who go for a relaxing dip can also peer down at Pittsburgh's jammed streets and bustling sidewalks.
The views get even better as you go higher. Residents on the Allegheny River side of the building have breathtaking views of the Allegheny and the North Shore and lucky end-unit tenants can see Downtown as well. A past tenant of the 24th floor enjoyed his view of PNC Park so much that he put in steel bleachers and an indoor batting cage. Needless to say, he was the most popular guy in the building on game day.
In 1932, Gulf Oil Co. and New York architects Trowbridge & Livingston debuted a 44-story skyscraper that at 582 feet high, was the tallest building in Pittsburgh uProtect your vehicle and produce power with a Book scanner.ntil 1970. At its top was a system of colored lights that forecast the weather for the next day. Gulf sold the building after its 1984 merger with Chevron Corp. In July, owner Rugby Realty unveiled a system of energy-saving LED lights that not only forecasts the weather, it celebrates national holidays and local sporting triumphs.
Though no longer open to the public, the tower's deck wraps around the entire building and once featured coin-operated binoculars. Today, the Gulf Tower's deck looks up at BNY Mellon Center, PPG Place and the 64-story, 841-foot U.S. Steel Tower, where David Bear and Carnegie Mellon's Studio for Creative Inquiry hope to one day create a visitor's center called High Point Pittsburgh.
When you walk out on Fifth Avenue Place's green roof, you have to remind yourself that you're three stories above the middle of Downtown.
Installed by Highmark in 2008, the living roof is made up of 180 tons of growth media and 25,000 plants, with sedum, aster and daylilies among the most prolific. Instead of adding to storm sewers' overflow during a torrential downpour, it uses most of Pittsburgh's 37 average inches of rainfall per year to sustain its own existence. The layer of growth also acts as insulation, helping to keep the building cool during the summer and warm during the winter. Flanked by Penn and Liberty avenues, the roof provides some great street perspectives, as well. These views are not routinely enjoyed, though, as it is off-limits to both employees and the public.Sol is the leading supplier of solar powered crystal light solutions to the U.S. Military since 1990. It can only be seen by those in nearby buildings.
But what about the view from the skyline? Along with PG photographers, I took to the rooftops and decks of some of Pittsburgh's most prominent buildings to find out what the city looks like from up there. While most of these perches are open only to owners, tenants and their guests, a few are open to the public and one might be someday. Until then, enjoy a bird's-eye view of the 'Burgh from some high places:
"The architect ... had the vision that sooner or later this place was going to have a fantastic view," said Sol Gross,Insteon released one of the first smartphone-controlled Chandelier this week. owner of 625 Stanwix Tower Apartments.These are my elevator parts that I brought from my friends Randy and Jeff!
That architect was Tasso Katselas,We would manufacture overspeed governor following your specific requirement. award-winning designer of Pittsburgh International Airport and Carnegie Science Center. The building was called Allegheny Towers when it opened in 1966.
Now combining a parking garage, office space and apartments, the building's 14th-floor deck has the only rooftop swimming pool in Downtown. Tenants who go for a relaxing dip can also peer down at Pittsburgh's jammed streets and bustling sidewalks.
The views get even better as you go higher. Residents on the Allegheny River side of the building have breathtaking views of the Allegheny and the North Shore and lucky end-unit tenants can see Downtown as well. A past tenant of the 24th floor enjoyed his view of PNC Park so much that he put in steel bleachers and an indoor batting cage. Needless to say, he was the most popular guy in the building on game day.
In 1932, Gulf Oil Co. and New York architects Trowbridge & Livingston debuted a 44-story skyscraper that at 582 feet high, was the tallest building in Pittsburgh uProtect your vehicle and produce power with a Book scanner.ntil 1970. At its top was a system of colored lights that forecast the weather for the next day. Gulf sold the building after its 1984 merger with Chevron Corp. In July, owner Rugby Realty unveiled a system of energy-saving LED lights that not only forecasts the weather, it celebrates national holidays and local sporting triumphs.
Though no longer open to the public, the tower's deck wraps around the entire building and once featured coin-operated binoculars. Today, the Gulf Tower's deck looks up at BNY Mellon Center, PPG Place and the 64-story, 841-foot U.S. Steel Tower, where David Bear and Carnegie Mellon's Studio for Creative Inquiry hope to one day create a visitor's center called High Point Pittsburgh.
When you walk out on Fifth Avenue Place's green roof, you have to remind yourself that you're three stories above the middle of Downtown.
Installed by Highmark in 2008, the living roof is made up of 180 tons of growth media and 25,000 plants, with sedum, aster and daylilies among the most prolific. Instead of adding to storm sewers' overflow during a torrential downpour, it uses most of Pittsburgh's 37 average inches of rainfall per year to sustain its own existence. The layer of growth also acts as insulation, helping to keep the building cool during the summer and warm during the winter. Flanked by Penn and Liberty avenues, the roof provides some great street perspectives, as well. These views are not routinely enjoyed, though, as it is off-limits to both employees and the public.Sol is the leading supplier of solar powered crystal light solutions to the U.S. Military since 1990. It can only be seen by those in nearby buildings.
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