Coolest looking Pittsburgh skyscraper/building? (park, bridge, photography)

[Bert Peters]

Good stuff here guys, loving the pictures, and the High Point Park idea looks awesome.

[PreservationPioneer]

That's the Granite Building, Jay. It's a gem. They tried to convert it to condos, but nobody bought them, apparently.

Here's the Steelworkers Building. I've always thought it was a great example of 1950s architecture. It could almost be a set piece of The Fountainhead.

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[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by alleghenyangel

Here's the Steelworkers Building.

AKA the Cheesegrater, and I probably should have included on my list of product-advertising buildings (even though it was originally built for IBM). It was actually a groundbreaking building from an engineering standpoint--it was supposedly the first exterior space frame building, supported just by those pointed pylons on the bottom, and they blended multiple strengths of steel. A little writeup:

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20020...ry0312fnp5.asp

[nuwaver88]

My union headquarters is located inside the Steelworkers Building. It is neat to be inside of those rooms and to look out those diamond shaped windows, which offer great views of the Monongohela and Mt. Washington.

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

The Pennsylvanian apartment house at 1100 Liberty has a very distinctive rotunda from its past life as a train station.

Its location right at the base of the Hill and at transition between town and the strip district makes the whole thing pretty effective, even though its current function is rather pedestrian

Amtrak is still active in the bottom of that building, and I believe freight trains still utilize the rails as well.

[ferraris]

My favorite building downtown is the Buhl Building. Though it is definitely not a skyscraper by today's standards, it's amazingly detailed. This is the best picture I could find of it:

[PreservationPioneer]

The Buhl Building was recently restored as part of the Fifth Avenue renovations. It has a restored facade and it looks amazing.

Can't forget this essential downtown landmark...

The Burke Building, 1836. Survived the Great Fire of 1845 (the only known survivor and believed to be the oldest building downtown besides the Fort Pitt Blockhouse).

[Bert Peters]

1836? Dang, had no idea any buildings downtown went back that far...

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Bert Peters

1836? Dang, had no idea any buildings downtown went back that far...

Part of why I think Pittsburgh possesses one of the nation's most striking skylines is because of this wide variety in its architecture where you have Brutalism, Modernism, Victorian, etc. all vying for attention with ages ranging over the past 200 years. I never get tired of images like this one I snapped the other day while walking down the River Walk to visit my partner on his lunch break:

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166904_564839969615_60401286_31536144_395724630_n. jpg (broken link)

[Caladium]

I like the details on the Buhl Building.