View Full Version : #267 l One Mellon Center l PITTSBURGH l 221m l 54fl
RafflesCity March 15th, 2003, 06:01 AM One Mellon Center
Pittsburgh, USA
HEIGHT: 221m/725 feet
FLOORS: 54 floors
COMPLETION: 1983
ARCHITECT: ?
http://www.pittsburghskyline.com/gallery/pitt345.jpg
http://www.pittsburghskyline.com/gallery/pitt352.jpg
http://www.pittsburghskyline.com/gallery/pitt341.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/596/4onemellon.jpg
http://www.americancompanies.com/images_big/mellonbank.jpg
SteelCity32 March 15th, 2003, 06:03 AM eh, isn't it #187?
6/10
RafflesCity March 15th, 2003, 06:07 AM 7.5/10
The facade is a little drab, but I like the stoutness of it, as well as the top.
btw SteelCity I recreated the thread for you as your poll allowed for multiple voting which strictly isnt allowed and it isnt #187. Our own list only counts buildings that are completed.:)
SteelCity32 March 15th, 2003, 06:08 AM oops, sorry about that...
sorry about the confusion :(
also, I didn't know that multiple voting wasn't allowed...is it in the rule section? :(
RafflesCity March 15th, 2003, 06:15 AM No worries.
Its the particpation that really counts!:angel1:
The reason why we dont want multiple postings for votes is that people can abuse it in order to slant the results of a building.
One vote per person:)
SteelCity32 March 15th, 2003, 06:19 AM ah ok, thanks
I see the reasons...thanks for clearing it up again
Oaronuviss March 16th, 2003, 12:21 AM Hmmm decent stuff!
7.0
Fallout March 21st, 2003, 03:37 PM Nice. Industrial. 7.5
X-seed 4000 March 22nd, 2003, 04:44 AM Its design is so simple... yet, it still looks great! 8.5/10
Liz L March 22nd, 2003, 10:52 PM 7/10 - The contrasting treatment of the mullions and windows (narrow windows and raised mullions vs. wider windows and flat mullions as "accents" help to make the facade more interesting. The indentations along the side of the tower, the 8-sided shape, and the sloping setbacks at the top also help
However, the roof, though it flows from the rest of the building, is uninspired. The glass and metal on the facade need more color - as it is, they seem to be a dull, boring gray blur And once again, the tower could use some horizontal set backs, because it IS rather chuncky!
Wu-Gambino March 22nd, 2003, 11:23 PM A little drab. 6
coco91 April 2nd, 2003, 01:02 PM Massive style like for the Roppongi tower.
Nice : 8/10!
Evergrey April 6th, 2003, 07:27 AM A powerful and classy skyscraper. It has a fantastic base. New Mellon Client Center building next to it is a beauty. 9/10
BGT April 27th, 2003, 04:12 AM 8.5/10
renell April 27th, 2003, 12:17 PM 7/10 it's ok, the setbacks work quite good
Jase Calvin April 28th, 2003, 10:48 PM I like it, but it could be better. They could have jazzed the facade up a bit, and made the top part glass a la Bear Stearns. 7/10.
DamienK May 1st, 2003, 05:47 PM 7/10. Interesting shape.
TropicalSQ744 May 10th, 2003, 04:59 PM Interesting shape.. Looks really chubby.. :) It blends in well with the rest of the Pittsburgh skyline
8/10
huaiwei May 28th, 2003, 01:24 PM I tot I saw this building form many times before? Oh well..6/10 for a slightly better cladding.
james2390 June 8th, 2003, 10:07 PM nice, different, 8.5
UrbanLandscape August 13th, 2003, 07:48 AM Definitely gained new respect for this tower when I was there...and stayed directly across the corner from it! 8.5.
AtlanticaC5 August 21st, 2003, 07:29 PM 7/10...Reminds me of a robot...
il fenomeno August 28th, 2003, 01:22 PM 8/10. something special
The Messiah August 28th, 2003, 05:22 PM Looks good 7.5/10
SUNNI August 29th, 2003, 01:10 PM better than nothing 8/10
Patrick September 10th, 2003, 03:53 PM facade: ok
form: i love it
points: 9
dumatod October 22nd, 2003, 07:39 AM Looks like a fat robot
Ugly!
4/10
airsickpenthousedweller October 23rd, 2003, 08:22 PM Unimpressive.
4/10
Fabio November 8th, 2003, 06:38 PM 8/10
nice tower
SeeMacau November 21st, 2003, 08:34 AM 8/10
Nice tower !!
Falcaonet November 21st, 2003, 08:06 PM 6.5/10
peterthegreat November 24th, 2003, 09:57 AM ok... 7.5/10
TYW December 2nd, 2003, 01:28 PM 7.5/10
i think it looks Cool
7 World Trade April 23rd, 2004, 08:11 AM looks a little cold, but this is all rite.
7.5
luis April 24th, 2004, 12:56 AM 7/10
skyperu34 May 12th, 2004, 06:42 AM good looking building, looks taller than its real height.......8
Orfeo May 14th, 2004, 04:34 AM 8/10
Chad May 14th, 2004, 05:13 AM I dont really like it's name....One Melon center?
Orfeo May 22nd, 2004, 09:32 AM 7/10
Schroedinger's Cat July 14th, 2004, 04:00 PM 8.5/10
Winus October 3rd, 2004, 09:02 PM It looks fat, but that gives the builing also some kind of power. Well a 6.5 because it could have been more powerful.
Monkey November 2nd, 2004, 12:38 PM Boring, drab facade.
The shape is different, and of course it's tall, but there's little else that stands out.
6.5
andysimo123 November 22nd, 2004, 04:17 PM 7/10
empersouf December 3rd, 2004, 06:17 PM 9.0, I like this tower. But it doesn't look like a mellon at al :s
Medo March 7th, 2005, 08:38 AM nicely done 6
london-b March 8th, 2005, 01:27 AM Hate the facade but like the shape, 6.5/10
hugo_hlv March 8th, 2005, 05:35 PM 6.5/10
Reflex March 18th, 2005, 12:42 AM 8/10.
MattSal March 20th, 2005, 06:45 AM Very nice building. Adds its own uniqueness to the Pittsburgh skyline. I give it an 8.5/10. :okay:
Sonic from Padova March 26th, 2005, 01:35 PM 7! :)
VanSeaPor March 27th, 2005, 01:00 AM A nice tower. 8/10.
Chibcha2k April 1st, 2005, 07:33 AM 9.5/10 one of my favourites in the states
SoboleuS April 8th, 2005, 08:54 PM Nice shape, nice colour. It's nothing spectacular, but looks OK. 8/10
pittsburgh15210 April 21st, 2005, 09:45 AM In the late 1970s the tower was designed to be the home of not Mellon Financial but another Pittsburgh mega corporation that has since dwindled. Any guesses?
Mellon Financial at the time (late 1970s early 1980s) already had three other "Headquarter" buildings downtown (though none as massive as One Mellon Center) and the financial industry was second string to the mighty industrials in the economy (back when no matter how big or rich the bank was they could NOT be "interstate" thus Bank of America only in California, Wachovia not known out of North Carolina, Fleet solely in Massachuettes, Mellon only in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia).
The Company the tower was built for was a global industrial that was HQed in Pittsburgh and help make it the "arsenal of democracy" in WWI, WWII and Korea by building hundreds of thousands of landing craft, patrol boats, and small ships at Neville Island just west of the city. By the early 1980s though like most defense contractors and old industrials the media companies and financial companies took their place (GE became focused more on NBC then making light bulbs, Westinghouse became CBS and shed its smokestacks, US Steel got replaced on the Dow by Walt Disney etc. etc.).
If not for the shift to a service/media economy 500 Grant Street would have kept its original name for the ship builder. Any one remember that once Fortune 500 company?
Þróndeimr April 24th, 2005, 06:39 PM 6.5/10
superskyline May 1st, 2005, 09:25 PM Cool shape and top!
8.5/10
Latoso May 29th, 2005, 11:08 AM 8/10
Jules May 30th, 2005, 12:51 AM Pittsburghs got some great buildings. 9.
Phobos June 13th, 2005, 02:07 AM 8.5/10
I like the way the top of the building is.Very innovative.
Fern June 13th, 2005, 04:44 AM Interesting building.. 8/10
JohnnyMass June 13th, 2005, 06:53 AM not so hot about the top...8/10
i_am_hydrogen June 14th, 2005, 01:28 AM 7.0/10
DRAKKO July 3rd, 2005, 01:16 AM 8/10
Imperfect Ending July 6th, 2005, 10:27 AM 8/10
Never seen anything like it :)
ROYAL BLUE July 7th, 2005, 12:49 AM 8/10
CborG July 13th, 2005, 01:34 PM Massive tower, 8/10
El_Greco August 17th, 2005, 09:31 PM 7/10
1984 D.F. September 3rd, 2005, 08:44 AM 6/10
Skylandman November 1st, 2005, 01:22 PM 7/10
www.sercan.de November 1st, 2005, 11:31 PM 6/10
ChiLooper November 2nd, 2005, 05:46 AM 6.5/10
sander November 2nd, 2005, 11:04 AM Quite nice. 7/10
Sinjin P. November 3rd, 2005, 03:54 PM Quite interesting.. 7/10
Blue_Sky November 3rd, 2005, 08:16 PM 7/10
Mosaic November 5th, 2005, 01:56 PM I like it. nice and classic.8/10
۩SkyScraper۩ November 6th, 2005, 06:19 AM quite nice 8/10
Pengui November 21st, 2005, 11:44 AM It looks sort of headless... I'm sure something great could have been done at the top. It's a very massive building, not ill-proportioned and with an OK facade, but really, really missing something.
5.
FROM LOS ANGELES November 30th, 2005, 01:29 AM It's a 'whatever' tower or me. 6.5/10
Principes December 2nd, 2005, 09:18 AM OK, 7.
forvine December 2nd, 2005, 11:37 AM 7/10
thiz_iz_disco January 8th, 2006, 10:05 PM I like the top only this one...but too much industric and massive!!! 7/10
mr_storms January 8th, 2006, 10:59 PM 7/10
Scruffy88 January 9th, 2006, 03:09 AM Huge. But its lacking. I don't know what. 7.5/10
Henk April 5th, 2006, 09:53 PM 6.5/10.
dżimi pejdż April 8th, 2006, 01:08 PM 7/10
clarky April 10th, 2006, 10:26 PM 7.5/10
marpa April 16th, 2006, 01:01 AM 3,5/10
Skyman May 5th, 2006, 06:08 PM 7/10
anakin May 8th, 2006, 09:55 AM 7/10
Accura4Matalan May 13th, 2006, 09:39 PM 7/10
ZZ-II June 14th, 2006, 11:20 AM absolutley great tower, looks so massiv: 9.5/10
The Baz July 2nd, 2006, 01:36 AM It has great height and a good looking building but still a bit dull especially against Pitt's other beautiful towers like usx, ppg, and 5th ave. 7.5/10
The Forgotten Shadow July 3rd, 2006, 05:03 AM Nice.. but I just don't like the green sign. It just looks weird, lol. 9/10
virarch July 4th, 2006, 10:58 AM 7.5/10
gutooo July 16th, 2006, 10:52 PM 7.5/10
B@dGuYoM July 17th, 2006, 08:43 PM 7/10
sharpie20 July 19th, 2006, 07:04 AM 7/10
Funky Design , I've never seen that before, very original, the facade looks like it was done in some asian country.
Dreamlıneя August 3rd, 2006, 09:42 PM 6/10
Evergrey August 4th, 2006, 04:48 AM a very underrated tower... it looks MUCH better in person... unique shape and facade... with the right lighting it really gleams... but unfortunately often appears flat in photographs
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Cabman August 7th, 2006, 04:07 PM very forgetable 6/10
Woko August 11th, 2006, 05:16 AM Not bad. 8/10
skipperBill August 14th, 2006, 12:00 AM 7/10.
cffuny August 16th, 2006, 11:56 PM 8/10
mtt16 October 10th, 2006, 07:34 AM 7.5/10
_zner_ November 5th, 2006, 12:59 PM 8. nice shape.
Chinky Orz November 19th, 2006, 07:01 PM 8.5/10 Awesome
weirdo November 29th, 2006, 05:22 AM 7.5/10
hoangduong December 1st, 2006, 08:30 AM 7/10
delmaule December 2nd, 2006, 12:19 AM 7.5/10
broadie December 3rd, 2006, 03:21 AM This is quite an intresting building i like i like 7/10
Clay_Rock December 3rd, 2006, 06:05 AM 8.5
kirby21 December 4th, 2006, 01:56 AM 8 / 10
SactoSpam December 6th, 2006, 01:20 AM 8/10
vincent young December 30th, 2006, 02:36 PM 7/10
The top could have been designed a little better.
kamil.bukowski January 30th, 2007, 09:11 PM 6/10
W!CKED April 10th, 2007, 01:33 AM 7/10
MDguy April 10th, 2007, 02:29 AM always liked it. i think it's very nice! 9/10
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/376096465_312fecb448_o.jpg
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Aliya June 15th, 2007, 06:31 PM 8/10
Piotr-Stettin June 20th, 2007, 02:50 AM 7/10
LMCA1990 September 3rd, 2007, 05:04 AM 8/10
Evergrey September 8th, 2007, 12:49 AM ugh... knocked down into the 200s... it used to be around 185 in the world up until a couple years ago :(
amazing pics, MDguy
http://www.pbase.com/deadwing/image/80488357.jpg
at right
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http://www.pbase.com/deadwing/image/81181567.jpg
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SkyLerm September 9th, 2007, 02:16 PM Hmmm quite interesting... 7.5/10
pokistic September 10th, 2007, 08:06 AM 8/10
Kelsen September 18th, 2007, 02:46 AM 7.5/10
newyorkrunaway1 September 25th, 2007, 11:08 AM 4/10
Astralis September 27th, 2007, 02:17 AM 5/10
MasonicStage™ September 30th, 2007, 12:53 PM 6/10
RON-E October 1st, 2007, 09:06 AM 7/10
IMPRESARIO January 21st, 2008, 03:21 AM better, decent!
Halabalooza February 25th, 2008, 12:06 AM 5.5
GOR@N April 12th, 2008, 08:09 PM 6/10
Nikkodemo May 25th, 2008, 06:04 AM 8/10
krzewi May 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM 9/10
meds June 1st, 2008, 11:53 AM 6.5/10
henry hill September 18th, 2008, 11:26 PM 8/10
briker October 5th, 2008, 03:29 PM 7.5
Kawasaki KG October 20th, 2008, 10:56 AM 4/10
Rutger1991 October 20th, 2008, 05:33 PM 7/10
Malbo December 18th, 2008, 01:45 PM 6/10
DinamiT April 4th, 2009, 04:07 PM 8/10
A_Voz_Da_Figueira April 4th, 2009, 11:53 PM 9/10
tonyssa April 26th, 2009, 10:46 PM 8/10
Jan Del Castillo July 30th, 2009, 04:37 AM 8. Good building. Regards.
deranged August 14th, 2009, 02:55 PM 7/10
xavarreiro October 18th, 2009, 07:34 PM 7/10
desertpunk November 20th, 2009, 05:40 AM Odd, brutalist design. 6.5
sieradzanin1 January 4th, 2010, 04:58 PM 8/10
New York Morning January 6th, 2010, 09:35 PM 7/10
c6josh March 8th, 2010, 11:19 AM voted 7/10
Dazon March 15th, 2010, 06:17 AM 7/10
national guard April 27th, 2010, 02:53 AM 7.5/10 for me.
Squiggles July 19th, 2010, 07:59 AM 8/10
Good but not great. Pittsburgh's second-best (after PPG)
motozine August 19th, 2010, 08:36 AM dull 6/110
romanito August 24th, 2010, 10:14 PM 10/10
Heidjer August 25th, 2010, 07:49 PM Nothing special. 5/10
ethan153 November 18th, 2010, 06:27 PM 7/10
OldBoy137 January 30th, 2011, 11:20 AM 7.5/10, it looks good from some angles.
v-sun February 11th, 2011, 04:59 PM 6/10
mossimoh May 1st, 2011, 11:53 PM 6/10
yudibali2008 May 20th, 2011, 05:10 PM 7/10
Geocarlos June 9th, 2011, 03:54 AM 8/10
dnh310 June 10th, 2011, 01:48 AM 6,5/10
keroro91 June 15th, 2011, 11:20 PM 8/10
mecanico242 August 7th, 2011, 10:34 AM 8/10
bijtkonijn August 11th, 2011, 07:15 PM Well done. 9/10
Amboseli Daima August 20th, 2011, 03:03 AM 7.5 nice design.
Go Ahead Eagles August 24th, 2011, 11:30 AM 7/10
cyberprince November 22nd, 2011, 01:05 PM 7/10
lookinflowers December 10th, 2011, 11:00 AM 6.5
Dakaro December 29th, 2011, 03:01 PM Hmmm... 6/10
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