#267 l One Mellon Center l PITTSBURGH l 221m l 54fl - Page 3

Winus · October 3rd, 2004, 08:02 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, 11:38 AM

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, 03:17 PM

7/10

empersouf · December 3rd, 2004, 05:17 PM

9.0, I like this tower. But it doesn't look like a mellon at al :s

***Medo*** · March 7th, 2005, 07:38 AM

nicely done 6

london-b · March 8th, 2005, 12:27 AM

Hate the facade but like the shape, 6.5/10

hugo_hlv · March 8th, 2005, 04:35 PM

6.5/10

Reflex · March 17th, 2005, 11:42 PM

8/10.

MattSal · March 20th, 2005, 05:45 AM

Very nice building. Adds its own uniqueness to the Pittsburgh skyline. I give it an 8.5/10.

Sonic from Padova · March 26th, 2005, 12:35 PM

7!

VanSeaPor · March 27th, 2005, 12:00 AM

A nice tower. 8/10.

Chibcha2k · April 1st, 2005, 06:33 AM

9.5/10 one of my favourites in the states

***SoboleuS*** · April 8th, 2005, 07:54 PM

Nice shape, nice colour. It's nothing spectacular, but looks OK. 8/10

pittsburgh15210 · April 21st, 2005, 08:45 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, 05:39 PM

6.5/10

superskyline · May 1st, 2005, 08:25 PM

Cool shape and top!
8.5/10

Latoso · May 29th, 2005, 10:08 AM

8/10

Jules · May 29th, 2005, 11:51 PM

Pittsburghs got some great buildings. 9.

Phobos · June 13th, 2005, 01:07 AM

8.5/10

I like the way the top of the building is.Very innovative.

Fern · June 13th, 2005, 03:44 AM

Interesting building.. 8/10

View Poll Results: One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh
10	10	5.26%
9.5	4	2.11%
9	11	5.79%
8.5	14	7.37%
8	36	18.95%
7.5	24	12.63%
7	41	21.58%
6.5	17	8.95%
6	16	8.42%
5.5	4	2.11%
5	4	2.11%
4.5	1	0.53%
4	3	1.58%
3.5	1	0.53%
3 or less	4	2.11%
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October 3rd, 2004, 08:02 PM	#41
Winus heanig an Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 4,554 Likes (Received): 0	It looks fat, but that gives the builing also some kind of power. Well a 6.5 because it could have been more powerful. __________________ De kloomp'maj anhoalen: Enschede-Stad.nl

March 7th, 2005, 07:38 AM	#45
*Medo* Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 18,437 Likes (Received): 108	nicely done 6 __________________ If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -Voltaire

March 8th, 2005, 04:35 PM	#47
hugo_hlv Huelva,Puerta dl Atlntico Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Huelva Posts: 1,423 Likes (Received): 0	6.5/10 __________________ Huelva capital, destino turístico

March 17th, 2005, 11:42 PM	#48
Reflex cenas... Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lisboa Posts: 29,472 Likes (Received): 81	8/10. __________________ "Not knowing it was impossible, he did it."

November 2nd, 2004, 11:38 AM	#42
Monkey Londinium langur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Londinium Posts: 14,616 Likes (Received): 1	Boring, drab facade. The shape is different, and of course it's tall, but there's little else that stands out. 6.5

November 22nd, 2004, 03:17 PM	#43
andysimo123 wind-up merchant Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,877 Likes (Received): 8	7/10

December 3rd, 2004, 05:17 PM	#44
empersouf Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,230 Likes (Received): 1	9.0, I like this tower. But it doesn't look like a mellon at al :s

March 8th, 2005, 12:27 AM	#46
london-b βAŇŇĘÐ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ma chambre Posts: 7,542 Likes (Received): 160	Hate the facade but like the shape, 6.5/10

March 20th, 2005, 05:45 AM	#49
MattSal CTBUH Intern Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago, Atlanta Posts: 1,937 Likes (Received): 1	Very nice building. Adds its own uniqueness to the Pittsburgh skyline. I give it an 8.5/10.

March 26th, 2005, 12:35 PM	#50
Sonic from Padova Николай Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Padova oppure Berlino Est Posts: 7,939 Likes (Received): 23	7! __________________ http://www.kanovz.altervista.org/

March 27th, 2005, 12:00 AM	#51
VanSeaPor Yeah..... Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: All cities on North America's west coast Posts: 728 Likes (Received): 0	A nice tower. 8/10.

April 1st, 2005, 06:33 AM	#52
Chibcha2k XPC Fagua chinanuca Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Altiplano Cundiboyacense Posts: 6,491 Likes (Received): 49	9.5/10 one of my favourites in the states __________________ WAYUU Jemeishi taya julü’ü wane mma warattüsiü Kepiashi taya ja’aka jorottüi, jaitairü apain. Taya juwaralain wane lapü jumaiwajatü Vito Apüshana

April 8th, 2005, 07:54 PM	#53
*SoboleuS* Homo Masoviensis Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: 52°09'N 21°14'E Posts: 6,246 Likes (Received): 10	Nice shape, nice colour. It's nothing spectacular, but looks OK. 8/10

April 21st, 2005, 08:45 AM	#54
pittsburgh15210 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rolling_Rock's Global_Headquarters Greater_Pittsburgh! Posts: 2 Likes (Received): 0	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? __________________ Europe stretches to the Alleghenies . . . AMERICA lies beyond! -Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1884

April 24th, 2005, 05:39 PM	#55
*Þróndeimr* Adventurous! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trondheim Posts: 11,269 Likes (Received): 271	6.5/10

May 1st, 2005, 08:25 PM	#56
superskyline Living in the sky Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 303 Likes (Received): 0	Cool shape and top! 8.5/10 __________________ "What monuments we leave behind in the form of buildings reveal more clearly than anything else the value we place on the quality of life" -Hugh Stubbins

May 29th, 2005, 10:08 AM	#57
Latoso C.B.P. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,229 Likes (Received): 0	8/10 __________________ LATOSO C.B.P. - Citizens for Better Planning Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. - Daniel Burnham

May 29th, 2005, 11:51 PM	#58
Jules Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,564 Likes (Received): 1	Pittsburghs got some great buildings. 9.

June 13th, 2005, 01:07 AM	#59
Phobos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Porto,Portugal-EU(currently living in Brazil) Posts: 9,169 Likes (Received): 11	8.5/10 I like the way the top of the building is.Very innovative. __________________ ████ ████ Europe:many countries,only one nation. http://europa.eu/

June 13th, 2005, 03:44 AM	#60
Fern ... Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lisbon Posts: 12,503 Likes (Received): 68	Interesting building.. 8/10

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