PITTSBURGH: One of America's Great Urban Treasures

Evergrey · December 22nd, 2005, 03:17 AM

Brendan Gill, architecture writer for The New Yorker, 1990: "The three most beautiful cities in the world are Paris; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh were situated somewhere in the heart of Europe, tourists would eagerly journey hundreds of miles out of their way to visit it."

Fin

Jayayess1190 · December 22nd, 2005, 03:31 AM

Awsome pictures!

urbane · December 22nd, 2005, 03:38 AM

very nice, i love these American industrial cities !

cmoonflyer · December 22nd, 2005, 03:39 AM

Nice shots and impressive city!

asohn · December 22nd, 2005, 03:45 AM

Beautiful

geoff189d · December 22nd, 2005, 10:39 AM

Wonderful pics. I visited the city in 1992 but there do not seem to be any skyscrapers built since then. For a city with a history of building high rises for over 100 years I find this a bit worrying!

Pommes-T · December 22nd, 2005, 11:40 AM

Yep, Pittsburgh is beautiful. And it has an absolutely underrated skyline.

carfentanyl · December 22nd, 2005, 12:04 PM

@ geoff189d

That's typical for a lot of American cities. For example Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco practically have no skyscrapers built after 1990.

Pittsburgh is very high on my US cities-I-have-to-visit list, though. Read some great things about it, concerning visual arts and such. And it's also somewhat of a long lost glory city, and I absolutely LOVE cities like that. They have character.

Evergrey · December 22nd, 2005, 01:18 PM

Geoff, Pittsburgh just unveiled plans to build a new 25-30 story skyscraper. In addition, there are currently 2 18-story residential towers U/C downtown.

geoff189d · December 22nd, 2005, 02:25 PM

Evergrey. In my opinion the Golden Triangle is second only to Lower Manhattan - from the visual point of view. The city fathers should pull out all the stops and build Pennsylvania's tallest!

Expat · December 22nd, 2005, 02:30 PM

Pittsburgh is a treasure. It is amazing to me that such a beautiful and charming city is off the radar screen for so many people. Also, it is a good place for the arts. They have some great galleries and plenty of interesting artists.

everythingisone · December 22nd, 2005, 02:33 PM

I have been to Pittsburgh 5 or 6 times and everytime it offers sometihing new and different. The skyline, looking from the north, is very beautiful. It is not just the skyline from the north that looks nice. You see the river(s) and some parks and a stadium or two. It has a 'happy' feel from that view. And to the south, just a few minute's drive, it feels like a very rural and appalachian. Nice pictures. Thanks.

Gonzza · December 22nd, 2005, 03:18 PM

It looks like a cosy little city =)

Xander · December 22nd, 2005, 03:19 PM

wow, Pittsburgh is somewhere that has very rarely entered my mind for more than 2 seconds, but these pics make me wanna go!! impressive!

JoseRodolfo · December 22nd, 2005, 04:27 PM

Very good!!! Thanks!! I liked this thread a lot!!!!!!!!

XCRunner · December 22nd, 2005, 11:03 PM

Wow, Pittsburgh really kicks ass!

mr_storms · December 22nd, 2005, 11:06 PM

I loved it when I went there, a really nice city. Too bad PPG Place is so short, itd be much better if it was taller than USX because PPG place kicks ass in person. Great pics

Skyscrapercitizen · December 22nd, 2005, 11:16 PM

Great! Unique setting!

streetscapeer · December 23rd, 2005, 02:53 AM

you know you love it...

I really need to get outta Philly sometime and check out the "other" city in the state

Gijs · December 23rd, 2005, 11:02 AM

Thanks for the pictures, from now on i'm a fan of this city! Beautiful!

December 22nd, 2005, 03:17 AM	#1
Evergrey Buffalo's Worst Nightmare Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,948 Likes (Received): 1	PITTSBURGH: One of America's Great Urban Treasures Brendan Gill, architecture writer for The New Yorker, 1990: "The three most beautiful cities in the world are Paris; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh were situated somewhere in the heart of Europe, tourists would eagerly journey hundreds of miles out of their way to visit it." Fin

December 22nd, 2005, 03:31 AM	#2
Jayayess1190 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia/Pittsburgh Posts: 1,383 Likes (Received): 2	Awsome pictures! __________________ My Flickr Photo gallery, Visit and comment! or see 4 years worth of Pittsburgh! Camera: Sony NEX-C3

December 22nd, 2005, 03:38 AM	#3
urbane Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Offenbach a.M. (D) / Trieste (I) Posts: 1,379 Likes (Received): 0	very nice, i love these American industrial cities ! __________________ My latest threads: Palermo, Sicily Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil My hometown: Trieste photo thread BRASIL photos: Curitiba (PR) Maringá (PR) Londrina (PR) Iguaçú/Iguazú waterfalls & tri-border Bombinhas & Porto Belo (SC)

December 22nd, 2005, 12:04 PM	#8
carfentanyl efil4oremirp Join Date: May 2003 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 1,575 Likes (Received): 0	@ geoff189d That's typical for a lot of American cities. For example Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco practically have no skyscrapers built after 1990. Pittsburgh is very high on my US cities-I-have-to-visit list, though. Read some great things about it, concerning visual arts and such. And it's also somewhat of a long lost glory city, and I absolutely LOVE cities like that. They have character. __________________ `Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.`

December 22nd, 2005, 02:33 PM	#12
everythingisone Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 460 Likes (Received): 0	I have been to Pittsburgh 5 or 6 times and everytime it offers sometihing new and different. The skyline, looking from the north, is very beautiful. It is not just the skyline from the north that looks nice. You see the river(s) and some parks and a stadium or two. It has a 'happy' feel from that view. And to the south, just a few minute's drive, it feels like a very rural and appalachian. Nice pictures. Thanks. __________________ What happened, happened. Everything else is interpretation.

December 22nd, 2005, 03:39 AM	#4
cmoonflyer Mainland Sea & Sky Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Changchun Posts: 6,228 Likes (Received): 8	Nice shots and impressive city!

December 22nd, 2005, 03:45 AM	#5
asohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Jersey Posts: 980 Likes (Received): 0	Beautiful

December 22nd, 2005, 10:39 AM	#6
geoff189d Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 965 Likes (Received): 4	Wonderful pics. I visited the city in 1992 but there do not seem to be any skyscrapers built since then. For a city with a history of building high rises for over 100 years I find this a bit worrying!

December 22nd, 2005, 11:40 AM	#7
Pommes-T Hamburg Meine Perle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 110 Likes (Received): 0	Yep, Pittsburgh is beautiful. And it has an absolutely underrated skyline.

December 22nd, 2005, 01:18 PM	#9
Evergrey Buffalo's Worst Nightmare Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,948 Likes (Received): 1	Geoff, Pittsburgh just unveiled plans to build a new 25-30 story skyscraper. In addition, there are currently 2 18-story residential towers U/C downtown.

December 22nd, 2005, 02:25 PM	#10
geoff189d Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 965 Likes (Received): 4	Evergrey. In my opinion the Golden Triangle is second only to Lower Manhattan - from the visual point of view. The city fathers should pull out all the stops and build Pennsylvania's tallest!

December 22nd, 2005, 02:30 PM	#11
Expat Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Greater Boston Posts: 1,040 Likes (Received): 0	Pittsburgh is a treasure. It is amazing to me that such a beautiful and charming city is off the radar screen for so many people. Also, it is a good place for the arts. They have some great galleries and plenty of interesting artists.

December 22nd, 2005, 03:18 PM	#13
Gonzza Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Stockholm/Malaga Posts: 62 Likes (Received): 0	It looks like a cosy little city =)

December 22nd, 2005, 03:19 PM	#14
Xander Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tokyo/London Posts: 915 Likes (Received): 0	wow, Pittsburgh is somewhere that has very rarely entered my mind for more than 2 seconds, but these pics make me wanna go!! impressive! __________________ 心で見なくちゃ、ものごとはよく見えないってことさニョキニョキと広くて青い空に延ばしている摩天楼........... My threads: Taiwan: 1 2 3; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia- 1 2 3; Toronto: 1 2

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JoseRodolfo NON DVCOR DVCO Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: São Paulo - Brasil Posts: 4,339 Likes (Received): 35	Very good!!! Thanks!! I liked this thread a lot!!!!!!!!

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XCRunner Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Urbana, Illinois Posts: 844 Likes (Received): 0	Wow, Pittsburgh really kicks ass! __________________ One $300 hookerbot, or 300 $1 hookerbots??

December 22nd, 2005, 11:06 PM	#17
mr_storms Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose/Pittsburgh Posts: 1,376 Likes (Received): 0	I loved it when I went there, a really nice city. Too bad PPG Place is so short, itd be much better if it was taller than USX because PPG place kicks ass in person. Great pics __________________ pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whakojacko/

December 22nd, 2005, 11:16 PM	#18
Skyscrapercitizen Like it Vertical Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rotterdam, NYC Posts: 25,522	Great! Unique setting! __________________ Volg RTM XL op Facebook en Twitter en blijf op de hoogte van het laatste XL nieuws!

December 23rd, 2005, 02:53 AM	#19
streetscapeer hmmm...... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,371 Likes (Received): 20	you know you love it... I really need to get outta Philly sometime and check out the "other" city in the state

December 23rd, 2005, 11:02 AM	#20
Gijs Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Utrecht Posts: 1,485 Likes (Received): 0	Thanks for the pictures, from now on i'm a fan of this city! Beautiful!

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