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Above: night and day shot of the magnificent skyline of downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Hill.
Seen from this point and angle, the city has one of the best skylines in the world.
The area in the picture is called the Golden Triangle.
Here the Allegheny River and Monongahela river come together and carry on as Ohio River.


Above: Pittsburgh's downtown area seen from the West.
The picture was taken in front of the new stadium of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
with Allegheny River in the foreground.


Above: Pittsburgh's tallest, U.S. Steel Tower (formerly known as: USX Tower, 256m/841f, 64 stories, 1970).
In the middle picture, the building can be seen at night, with on the left One Mellon Center
(left, 221m/725f, 54 stories, 1983), Pittsburgh's second tallest building.
The tower's name was changed from USX Tower to U.S. Steel Tower in early 2002.


Above left: two pictures of One Mellon Center (221m/725f, 54 stories, 1983).
Above right: night and day picture of One Oxford Center (187m/615f, 46 stories, 1983), Pittsburgh's 5th tallest.


Above: One PPG Place (194m/635f, 40 stories, 1984),
one of the cities finest and most distinctive skyscrapers. Pittsburgh's 3rd tallest.


Above: two other views of the magnificent skyline of Pittsburgh.
Especially at night the view of this skyline from this angle is breathtaking!


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Pittsburgh's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. U.S. STEEL TOWER 256m/841f, 64 stories, 1970
2. ONE MELLON CENTER 221m/725f, 54 stories, 1983
3. ONE PPG PLACE 194m/635f, 40 stories, 1984
4. FIFTH AVENUE PLACE 188m/616f, 31 stories, 1988
5. ONE OXFORD CENTER 187m/615f, 46 stories, 1983
6. GULF BUILDING 177m/582f, 44 stories, 1932
7. CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING 163m/535f, 42 stories, 1936
8. THREE MELLON CENTER 158m/518fm, 41 stories, 1951
9. FREEMARKETS CENTER 156m/512f, 39 stories, 1968
10. GRANT BUILDING 148m/485f, 40 stories, 1930

The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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