Height: 582 feet (177 meters)
Floors: 44
Year Built: 1932
Facts: The pyramidal top is illuminated at night. Different colors indicate the weather forecast.
- Built on the site of the first oil refinery in the United States - the birthplace of the petroleum industry in this country.
- For many years the tallest building in Pittsburgh. The first two stories are faced in New England granite, with the upper stories of Indiana limestone.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/pittsburgh24.jpg

6.5 i give it credits for being an classic, but imo needs more setbacks

8.5/10

Excellent masterpiece! I love the well proportioned setbacks that convey a subtle grace despite this being a massive structure.

Yes, you rule Steel City! I love this building... a big 10 from me!

This is everything a skyscraper should be, in my opinion... nice height... soaring character... attractive Indiana limestone cladding... distinctive pyramid top... and it looks stunning at night next to the amazing Koppers Building! Art deco rules!

although, it would be cooler if it was the tallest in Pittsburgh. :)

9.5/10 I have always liked this building. Indiana limestone
:okay:

Looks good.But i am just not that stunned about the top.
8.0/10

7/10

Classic style.7.5/10

9/10, extra point for that Indiana limestone.

6/10


boring

9, but like BGT and Naptown said, it does have indiana limestone, so 9.5

7/10
quite nice

top looks great at night

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/pittsburgh25.jpg

7.5/10

Its owkay. 6/10

9/10
One of my favourite Art Deco skyscrapers in USA.Very elegant new yorkish shape.

Very good. 9.5/10

I give it an 8/10. The only thing I'd like more is if the top wasn't so simple and perhaps accented with other materials.

Very nice, even though it looks plain, it's a classic and old-school building. 8.5/10

Art Deco is great, but I don't like the top of this building. 8,5/10. :)

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it's very nice.

7.5

10

anything for pittsburgh ;)

8/10

7.5/10

8.5/10

7.5/10 Take a bath! :D

It's interesting to look at photographs of Pittsburgh from the 1930s... and you see how truly massive the Gulf Tower was for its time... today it has been dwarfed by U.S. Steel and other modern skyscrapers that crowd Grant St.

http://i.pbase.com/g3/86/571686/2/59120009.100_5398.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g3/86/571686/2/53712381.100_3419.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g3/86/571686/2/58437011.100_5117.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g4/86/571686/2/61066751.100_6340.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g4/86/571686/2/61053477.100_6057.jpg

8/10

8/10

8/10

5/10 i dont really like it

Nice classic, but looks a little bit plain. 8,5/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

amazing! 10/10!

8/10

7/10

7/10

8.5/10
A very impressive art deco tower but there is something about the heavy looking pyramidal apex that lacks energy and grace compared with the famous NY towers.

10/10

at left
http://www.pbase.com/deadwing/image/83921132.jpg

pyramid top lit up
http://www.pbase.com/deadwing/image/78980555.jpg

front and center... dwarfed by the massive US Steel Tower
http://www.pbase.com/deadwing/image/80457382.jpg

ugly...3,5/10

2/10 :ohno:

5.5/10

8/10

8/10 (age)

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

10/10 classic style

8/10

I worked in this building, the interior is truly impressive, the deco moderne elevators doors, the marble lobby, and most of the floors were well decorated. eg the Treasury floor on 20 was done in brushed silver and greens, the executive floors 30 & 31 done in wood veneers ( not sure of type of wood) subdued lighting on most floors, the elevators were automatic however during the work week there were elevator operators in Gulf corporate color uniforms and if I remember they wore white gloves.
There was an observation deck on the 38th floor opened to the public. (on occasion if my work group managed to get an elevator by ourselves , we all did different farm animal sounds going down to the lobby) by the time the doors opened in the lobby we all were quietl, with exception of a red face operator from laughing. ( I might point out the CEO of Gulf at the time I worked there truly spoke and took time to know the workers by name) Today this is too damn rare. I really enjoyed my time working in this building , the people,and the corporation that once was.
Since the weather guide neon tubing was removed from the pyramid top it looks stark, it might look better with a metal trim finish to accent the top like the Chrysler Bldg.
It is too bad it is not the tallest in Pgh anymore. now I live with the transamerica pyramid not as impressive but will survive a major quake.

8/10

Excellent styling, but (as has already been said) it could use more setbacks. The first two-thirds of the building are a bit chunky.

10/10

Very nice! Like the upper part. 8.5/10

10/10

8/10

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9/10