Grant Street
| Major junctions | Fort Pitt Boulevard in Downtown Blvd of the Allies in Downtown Fourth Avenue in Downtown Forbes Avenue in Downtown Fifth Avenue in Downtown |
|---|---|
| North end | Liberty Avenue in Downtown |
Grant Street is the main government and business corridor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to the global headquarters of U.S. Steel, Koppers Chemicals, and Oxford Development. It also is home to the seat of Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh and the regional Federal Government offices. It is part of the Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District.
History
Grant Street was named after British Major General
Grant Street has long been a central area for civic events, including longtime Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor David L. Lawrence's funeral procession in November 1966 attended by Robert F. Kennedy, mayors Joseph M. Barr of Pittsburgh, Jerome Cavanagh of Detroit, James Tate and Richardson Dilworth of Philadelphia, governors William Scranton, James H. Duff, Raymond P. Shafer and John S. Fine along with President Lyndon B. Johnson staff members Robert E. Kintner and W. Marvin Watson, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall.
An extensive six-year $15.3 million resurfacing and redesign of Grant Street was completed in August 1990.[5][6]
Recognition
The American Planning Association named Grant Street one of its 10 Great Streets for 2012, describing it as "Pittsburgh's finest collection of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, buildings that tell the stories of 20th century aristocrats and architects who shaped the city into an industrial and banking empire."[1]
Its importance to the city is because of its status as the "seat of financial, governmental and legal power" and its "striking architecture".[7] It is the "corporate and government heartbeat" of the city.[8]
After the death of
Buildings
The street stretches for close to 10 blocks on the eastern boundary of Downtown Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscrapers are on Grant Street.
- William S. Moorhead Federal Building
- Federal Reserve Pittsburgh Branch at 717 Grant Street
- Gulf Tower at 707 Grant Street
- U.S. Post Office & Courthouseat 700 Grant Street
- U.S. Steel Tower at 600 Grant Street
- Koppers Tower at 436 6th Avenue (600 block of Grant Street)
- BNY Mellon Center at 500 Grant Street
- Omni William Penn Hotel
- Union Trust Building
- The Frick Building at 437 Grant Street
- Allegheny County Courthouse
- The Grant Building at 330 Grant Street
- One Oxford Centre
- Pittsburgh City-County Building
References
- ^ a b "Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". Great Places in America: Street 2012. American Planning Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 9780738550428.
- ^ "Grant's Hill - The Hump". Brooklineconnection.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012.
- Beaver County Times. September 2, 1990.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Schmitz, John (October 3, 2012). "Grant Street named one of the 10 best in America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ a b "Grant Street". The Allegheny Times. October 9, 1988.
- ^ "Backtracking on Grant Street". The Pittsburgh Press. October 11, 1988.