October 2023
Standing on the grass of Carnegie Mellon, you can see the University of Pittsburgh’s (Pitt) Cathedral of Learning. The 42-story Late Gothic Revival Cathedral is the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere and the second-tallest university building in the world.
The entrance to the Margaret Morrison Building, which houses the School of Architecture and Design at Carnegie Mellon University.
Originally a life insurance building, the above is now the Steelworkers Union Building. Designed by Curtis and Davis, with structural engineers Worthington, Skilling, Helle & Jackson, it features a load-bearing steel diagrid exoskeleton, which was highly unusual at the time and helped pioneer the use of diagrids and framed tube construction.
The Buhl Building was built in 1913 in the Italianate style and is faced with multi-colored terra cotta tiles.
On July 19, 1855, Dollar Bank opened for business as “The Pittsburgh Dollar Savings Institution”. For $1, anyone could open a savings account. The first day’s deposits totaled $53. Opened in April 1871, the building was designed by Isaac H. Hobbs & Sons of Philadelphia.
The Benedum–Trees Building was originally called the Machesney Building until 1913 when Machesney sold it for $10 million to Joe Trees and Michael Late Benedum, who made their fortune in oil. The building was designed by Thomas H. Scott,
A row of houses on the 19th century Mexican War Streets primarily consists of Victorian architecture, with some Craftsman and Georgian. The area changed its name around the time of the Mexican-American war. A number of the streets are named after battles and generals of the war.
This is one of many houses on Sampsonia Way, which are part of the The City of Asylum Exiled Writer and Artist Residency Program. The program provides a long-term residency for literary writers and other artists who are in exile from their home countries and under threat of persecution because of their work.
Randyland is the type of place that always pulls me in. A creation of local artist Randy Gilson, this house and yard have helped to revitalize this neighborhood.
This small sample shows that Pittsburgh is filled with every type of architecture you can imagine.