Pittsburgh Technology Center
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40°25′57″N 79°57′47″W / 40.4326°N 79.963°W Pittsburgh Technology Center (PTC) is an office park located in the
PTC is considered to be one of the best examples of
History
The site that now contains the Pittsburgh Technology Center was originally occupied by the Pittsburgh and Boston Copper Smelting Works, later called C.G. Hussey and Company, in 1849 (Archeological Survey, 1989). Until the 1930s, there were still houses located along Second Avenue where the PTC is now located. The last company to have operations on the site was the Pittsburgh Works of the
Carnegie Mellon University won a highly competitive federal grant with RIDC assistance in November 1984 to build a Software Engineering Institute which kick started Pittsburgh's development as a technology hub, leading eventually to the investment in and creation of PTC.[3][4]
Adjacent to PTC is the 178-acre redevelopment site - Hazelwood Green - the remainder of the former J&L / LTV steel mill site. Having begun 30 years after PTC, redevelopment of Hazelwood Green is still in its early stages; the first building on-site was occupied in Summer 2019.[5]
Conditions and Infrastructure at the time of redevelopment
A concrete structural slab, which was once the foundation of the hot strip mill, exists below the ground surface of the PTC site. The slab has an average thickness of 11 inches, but it ranges from 6 to 34.75 inches. The slab was not demolished once construction began on the PTC. There were also structure and machine foundations that include pit, tunnel, and basement walls located below the surface. Before construction began on the PTC, the pits and tunnels were re-excavated to provide better support for the new structures being built (Archeological Survey, 1989).
Before construction began on the PTC, the site was cleared of all existing buildings except one, the former Soho Works galvanizing line and attached warehouse. This building was eventually occupied by Metaltech, Inc, which was itself acquired by Steel Dynamics in 2007. [6]
References
- ^ a b "The Vindicator - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Daparma, Ron (August 30, 2007), "South Oakland's tech strip to expand", Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA
- ^ "Institute called boost to economy", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, November 15, 1984
- ^ O'Toole, James (November 15, 1984), "CMU wins software war", Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
- ^ "Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green now open, 15 years in the making". Nextpittsburgh. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "About Us | SDI the Techs". Steel Dynamics, Inc. Retrieved March 28, 2024.