Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of

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. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the

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whose joining forms the Ohio River. The triangle is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York Mellon, Heinz,

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, and Alcoa. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as

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Henry Clay Frick Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a maj ...

, Henry J. Heinz,

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and

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were made. It contains the site where the French fort,

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, once stood.

Location

The Central Business District is bounded by the Monongahela River to the south, the Allegheny River to the north, and I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) to the east. An expanded definition of Downtown may include the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown/The Bluff, the Strip District, the North Shore, and the South Shore.

Transportation

Public transportation

Downtown is served by the Port Authority's light rail subway system (known locally as the "T"), an extensive bus network, and two inclines (

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and

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). The Downtown portion of the subway has the following stations: ''T Stations'' *

Station Square Station Square is a indoor and outdoor shopping and entertainment complex located in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States across the Monongahela River from the Golden Triangle of downtown Pittsburgh. Station S ...

on the South Shore in the

development (street-level station) * First Avenue near First Avenue & Ross Street, Downtown (elevated station) * Steel Plaza at Sixth Avenue & Grant Street, Downtown (underground station) * Penn Plaza near Liberty Avenue & Grant Street, Downtown (underground, limited service) * Wood Street at the triangular intersection of Wood Street, Sixth Avenue, and Liberty Avenue, Downtown (underground station) * Gateway Center at Liberty Avenue & Stanwix Street, Downtown (underground station) * North Side near General Robinson Street & Tony Dorsett Drive on the North Shore (underground station) * Allegheny near Allegheny Avenue & Reedsdale Street on the North Shore (elevated station) Downtown is also home to the

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train station connecting Pittsburgh with New York City,

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, and Washington, D.C. to the east and

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and Chicago to the west.

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's Pittsburgh bus terminal is located across Liberty Avenue from the Amtrak Station, in the Grant Street Transportation Center building.

Highways

Major roadways serving Downtown from the suburbs include the "Parkway East" ( I-376) from Monroeville, the "Parkway West" ( I-376) from the

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area, and the "Parkway North" ( I-279) from the North Hills, and ( I-579) in Downtown Pittsburgh. Other important roadways are

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, and U.S. Route 19. Three major entrances to the city are via tunnels: the

Fort Pitt Tunnel The Fort Pitt Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It connects the West End region on the southwest side to the South Shore neighborhood on the northeast side. The adjoining Fort Pitt Bridge on the ...

and Squirrel Hill Tunnel on I-376 and the

Liberty Tunnels The Liberty Tunnels (also known as the Liberty Tubes) are a pair of tunnels located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States that allow motorists to travel between the South Hills of Pittsburgh and the city, beneath Mt. Washington. The tunne ...

. ''

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'' once called Pittsburgh "the only city with an entrance," specifically referring to the view of Downtown that explodes upon drivers immediately upon exiting the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Also traveling I-279 south and I-376, the city "explodes into view" when coming around a turn in the highway.

Local streets

Downtown surface streets are based on two distinct grid systems that parallel the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. These two grids intersect along Liberty Avenue, creating many unusual street intersections. Furthermore, the Allegheny grid contains numbered streets, while the Monongahela grid contains numbered avenues. And, in fact, there are cases where these numbered roadways intersect, creating some confusion (i.e. the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 7th Street/6th Avenue). This unusual grid pattern leads to Pittsburghers giving directions in the terms of landmarks, rather than turn-by-turn directions.

Bridges

Pittsburgh is nicknamed "The City of Bridges". In Downtown, there are 10 bridges (listed below) connecting to points north and south. The expanded definition of Downtown (including the aforementioned surrounding neighborhoods) includes 18 bridges. Citywide there are 446 bridges. In Allegheny County the number exceeds 2,200. ''Downtown Bridges'' Dwntwnpgh27

* Fort Pitt Bridge carries I-376 (Previously I-279) between Downtown and the

Fort Duquesne Bridge The Fort Duquesne Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was colloquially referred to as "The Bridge to Nowhere". History The bridge was constructed from 1958-1963 by PennDOT, and ...

carries I-279 between Downtown and the North Shore *

Smithfield Street Bridge The Smithfield Street Bridge is a lenticular truss bridge crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the engineer who later designed the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. The ...

carries Smithfield Street between Downtown and the South Shore * Panhandle Bridge carries the city's light rail transit system between Downtown and the South Shore * Liberty Bridge connects the

Liberty Tunnel The Liberty Tunnels (also known as the Liberty Tubes) are a pair of tunnels located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States that allow motorists to travel between the South Hills of Pittsburgh and the city, beneath Mt. Washington. The tunne ...

to I-579 Downtown * Roberto Clemente Bridge (formerly 6th St Bridge) connects 6th Street Downtown to Federal Street on the North Shore at

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* Andy Warhol Bridge (formerly 7th St Bridge) connects 7th Street Downtown to Sandusky Street on the North Shore at the

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* Rachel Carson Bridge (formerly 9th St Bridge) connects 9th Street Downtown to Anderson Street on the North Shore *

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carries freight and

trains from Downtown to the North Shore * Veterans Bridge carries I-579 from Downtown to the North Side ''Bridges of Expanded Downtown'' * West End Bridge carries US Route 19 from the West End/South Shore to the North Shore/North Side just west of Downtown * 16th Street Bridge carries 16th Street from the Strip District to Chestnut Street on the North Side * West Penn Bridge (pedestrian/bike-only) is part of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail connecting the North Side to

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on Herr's Island * 30th Street Bridge connects River Avenue on the North Side with Waterfront Drive on

at Herr's Island * 31st Street Bridge connects PA Route 28 on the North Side with 31st Street in the Strip District * 33rd Street Railroad Bridge connects the North Side to the Strip District and crosses Herr's Island * South 10th Street Bridge connects the Armstrong Tunnel at Second Avenue just east of Downtown with the South Side at South 10th Street *

Birmingham Bridge The Birmingham Bridge (known during construction as the Brady Street Bridge) is a bowstring arch bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which crosses over the Monongahela River. The bridge connects East Carson Street on the South Side with Fifth a ...

connects East Carson Street on the South Side with Fifth and Forbes avenues in Uptown

Downtown districts

Downtown contains a wealth of historic, cultural, and entertainment sites. While most people still consider the entire Downtown as one neighborhood, there are several significant subdistricts within the Golden Triangle. * The Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the central business district. It is bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue. It was listed on the

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(NRHP) on December 17, 1985. *

Point State Park Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River. Built on land acqu ...

area: At the triangle's tip is

with its giant fountain and the

Fort Pitt Museum Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers ...

. This park was the original site of both

by the French and the subsequent Fort Pitt by the British. * The Cultural District along Penn and Liberty avenues on the Allegheny River includes numerous theaters, galleries, and concert halls including

Heinz Hall Heinz Hall is a performing arts center and concert hall located at 600 Penn Avenue in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, the 2,676 sea ...

Byham Theater The Byham Theater is a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally built in 1903 as The Gayety Theater, the former vaudeville house was renovated and reopened as ...

, O'Reilly Theater, Benedum Center, and Wood Street Galleries as well as restaurants and housing. The Penn-Liberty Historic District encompasses the Penn & Liberty avenue corridor in the Cultural District. * The Fifth & Forbes Corridor is Downtown's shopping district along Fifth and Forbes avenues and includes historic Market Square. Downtown is home to numerous independent retailers plus large retailers such as

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and

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. * The Grant Street area is the seat of Pittsburgh's and Allegheny County's government and is also a prestigious corporate address with many of the city's tallest skyscrapers. * The Firstside neighborhood along the Boulevard of the Allies and Fort Pitt Boulevard adjacent to the Monongahela River is an educational and residential district. It is home to

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and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh both of which have high-rise student housing in the neighborhood. Numerous other residential projects are also under construction in this neighborhood.

Economy

Jobs located within the City of Pittsburgh, 1991-2007

Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density.

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economist Christopher Briem notes that the level of employment in the city has remained largely constant for the past 50 years: " hetime series of jobs located in the City proper are about as stable as any economic metric in the region, or in any other Northeastern US urban core, over many decades. In 1958, here were294,000 jobs located in the city proper…Those numbers are virtually identical today which tells me there is a certain limit to how many jobs can efficiently be located in what are some relatively (very) constrained areas." These numbers reflect employment in the city as a whole, not just the central business district; but the central business district has the highest density of employment of any Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh has long been a headquarters city, with numerous national and global corporations calling the Golden Triangle home. Currently, Downtown is still home to a large number of Fortune 500 companies (7 in the metro area, 5 of which are in the city in 2022, which ranks Pittsburgh high nationally in Fortune 500 headquarters): *

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– co-headquartered in PPG Place * PNC Financial Services – headquartered in the

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* PPG Industries – headquartered in PPG Place * WESCO International – headquartered at

* U.S. Steel – headquartered at the

US Steel Tower The U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building or USX Tower (1988–2001), is a 64-story skyscraper at 600 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The interior has of leasable space. Standing tall, it is the tallest buil ...

Downtown is also home to GNC,

Dollar Bank Dollar Bank is a full-service regional savings bank serving both individuals and business customers, operating more than 70 offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. The bank's Pennsylvania headquarters is located in downtown Pit ...

Equitable Resources EQT Corporation is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline transport. It is headquartered in EQT Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EQT is the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin with 19.802 ...

, Duquesne Light,

and

Highmark Highmark is an American non-profit healthcare company and Integrated Delivery Network based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a large individual not-for-profit health insurer in the United States, which operates several for-pro ...

as well as the regional headquarters for Citizens Bank,

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, and

Dominion Resources Dominion Energy, Inc., commonly referred to as Dominion, is a North American power and energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that supplies electricity in parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and supplies natural gas t ...

. Regional healthcare giant UPMC has its corporate headquarters in the

Major buildings

11 Stanwix Street 11 Stanwix Street, formerly known as Westinghouse Tower, is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The tower was originally built and named for the Westinghouse Corporation; in 1999 that ...

525 William Penn Place 525 William Penn Place (also known as the Citizens Bank Tower) is a skyscraper located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1951 for the Mellon National Bank and the U.S. Steel Corporation. At tall, it was the second-tall ...

Allegheny County Courthouse The Allegheny County Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is part of a complex (along with the old Allegheny County Jail) designed by H. H. Richardson. The buildings are considered among the finest examples of the Romanesque Reviv ...

* Benedum Center * BNY Mellon Center *

* City-County Building * David L. Lawrence Convention Center *

EQT Plaza EQT Plaza, formerly known as the CNG Tower and later the Dominion Tower, is a major and distinctive skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The structure was built for Consolidated Natural Gas, a regional energy company. In 1999, CNG was ...

* Fifth Avenue Place *

Federated Tower Federated Tower is a 358 ft (109 m) tall skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building is part of Liberty Center, a two building complex which also includes the Westin Convention Center Hotel. It was completed in 1986 and has 27 floor ...

First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
*

Frick Building The Frick Building is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The tower was built by and is named for Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist coke producer who created a portfolio of ...

* Gateway Center * Grant Building *

Gulf Tower The Gulf Tower is a 44-story, Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the city and is named for the Gulf Oil Corporation, one of the leading multinational ...

K&L Gates Center K&L Gates Center is a skyscraper office building located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building (long known as One Oliver Plaza and briefly as FreeMarkets Center and later Ariba Center) was completed in 1968. It has 39 floors, and ri ...

Koppers Tower Koppers Building is a historical building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, commissioned by Andrew W. Mellon and completed in 1929. The building is named after the Koppers Chemical Corporation and is one of the major features of Downtown Pittsburgh. ...

* O'Reilly Theater *

Oxford Centre One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the developer and previous owner. Among the commercial tenants of One ...

Penn Station Pennsylvania Station is a name applied by the Pennsylvania Railroad to several of its grand passenger terminals. Pennsylvania Station or Penn Station may also refer to Current train stations * Baltimore Penn Station * Pennsylvania Station (Cinc ...

* One PNC Plaza * Two PNC Plaza *

Three PNC Plaza Three PNC Plaza is a tall skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was announced on December 19, 2005 and completed in 2009 with 23 floors. It was the tallest building constructed in the city since Highmark Tower was completed in 1988, until T ...

* Trinity Cathedral, downtown * PPG Place *

Regional Enterprise Tower The Alcoa Building (a.k.a. the Regional Enterprise Tower) is a skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1953 and has 31 floors. It is the 15th tallest building in the city and is adjacent to Mellon Square. A unique ...

* Union Trust Building *

William S. Moorhead Federal Building The William S. Moorhead Federal Building is a -tall skyscraper that is located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Plans for the building were announced on November 9, 1958, and the structure was completed in 1964. It has twenty- ...

Hotels

Downtown is home to the following hotels: *

Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown (formerly the Hilton Pittsburgh) is a hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, with a prominent position in the Golden Triangle area adjacent to Point State Park, the Fort Pitt Museum and the Cultural District. Hilton annou ...

* Omni William Penn * Pittsburgh Marriott City Center * Renaissance Pittsburgh * Fairmont Pittsburgh * Westin Convention Center Hotel * Doubletree Pittsburgh City Center * Courtyard by Marriott Downtown * Cambria Suites Pittsburgh * Embassy Suites (opens 2015) * Drury Hotel (opens 2015) * Hilton Garden Inn (under construction) * Hampton Inn & Suites (located on the edge of the Strip District) * Sheraton Station Square (located in the South Shore's

) *

SpringHill Suites SpringHill Suites is a brand operated by Marriott International offering all-suite hotels that target the upper-moderate lodging tier of the industry. As of June 30, 2020, it has 470 hotels with 55,595 rooms in addition to 187 hotels with 21,307 ...

(located on the North Shore) * Hyatt Place (located on the North Shore) *

Residence Inn by Marriott Residence Inn by Marriott is a brand of extended stay hotels. , there were 874 Residence Inn hotels in the United States, Canada and Mexico with 107,680 rooms, plus an additional 243 hotels with 30,417 rooms in the development pipeline. The brand ...

(located on the North Shore) *

Holiday Inn Express Holiday Inn Express is a mid-priced hotel chain within the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands. Originally founded as an "express" hotel, their focus is on offering limited services at a reasonable price. Standard amenities lean tow ...

(located on the South Side) * Distrikt Hotel

Parks and plazas

Downtown is home to numerous parks, large and small: *

at the tip of the Golden Triangle * Mellon Square located in the square between Oliver & Sixth avenues and Smithfield Street and William Penn Place * Market Square at Forbes Avenue & Market Street * Mellon Green located at Grant Street & Sixth Avenue * FirstSide Park located between Grant & Ross streets and First & Second avenues. * Gateway Center plazas located around the Gateway Center skyscrapers near Liberty Avenue & Stanwix Street * Plaza at PPG Place near Third Avenue & Market Street *

Plaza at Grant Street & Sixth Avenue * Katz Plaza at Penn Avenue & Seventh Street * Triangle Park bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fifth Avenue & Market Street *

Allegheny Riverfront Park Allegheny Riverfront Park is a municipal park that runs along the south bank of the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh. It is a parcel of the Three Rivers Park, the city's grand urban waterfront park project along its rivers that will pr ...

along the Allegheny River below Fort Duquesne Boulevard * Mon Wharf Landing along the

below Fort Pitt Boulevard (under construction) * North Shore Riverfront Park opposite Downtown along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, part of the larger

Three Rivers Park Three Rivers Park is a public urban waterfront park along the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The park, under development since 2000, is currently defined by the boundaries of the West End Bridge over the ...

Educational facilities

While Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood is known as the educational center of the city, Downtown is home to several higher education institutions as well as a branch of the city's Carnegie Library system and a

Pittsburgh Public Schools Pittsburgh Public Schools is the public school district serving the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (except for two small parts served by the Baldwin-Whitehall School District) and adjacent Mount Oliver. As of the 2021–2022 school year, the ...

6–12 school: *

* The Art Institute of Pittsburgh * Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts (also known as Pennsylvania Culinary Institute) *

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...

's Downtown branch * Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 * City Charter High School

Residential areas

Downtown has several condos, including Gateway Towers and Chatham Place dating to the 1960s and more modern structures as well. There are over 5,000 apartment and condo units in Greater Downtown Pittsburgh.

Surrounding neighborhoods

* The Bluff/Uptown * Crawford-Roberts neighborhood in the Hill District * North Shore (across the Allegheny River) * South Shore (across the Monongahela River) *

South Side Flats The South Side Flats is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Side area. It is located just south of the Monongahela River. The neighborhood has one of the City of Pittsburgh's largest concentrations of 19th-century homes, which ha ...

(across the Monongahela River) * Strip District

References

External links

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