11 Stanwix Street

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11 Stanwix Street
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11 Stanwix Street
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CompletedNovember 24, 1969 [1]
Cost$20 million ($166.2 million today) [2]
Height
Roof355 ft (108 m)
Technical details
Floor count23
Floor area738,000 sq ft (68,600 m2) [3]
Design and construction
Architect(s) Harrison & Abramovitz
Other information
Parking500
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Headquarters
Part of Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District [4] (ID13000252)
Designated CPMay 2, 2013

11 Stanwix Street, formerly known as the Westinghouse Tower, is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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History and architectural features

11 Stanwix Street was completed on November 24, 1969, [1] with twenty-three floors. It was originally built and named for the Westinghouse Corporation; in 1999, that company went through a restructuring and moved its headquarters to its longtime research park in the suburb of Monroeville, before expansions in their operations necessitated a move to a larger suburban complex in Cranberry Township.

This tower rises 355 feet (108 meters) above Downtown Pittsburgh and is located near the Monongahela River. A ten-story building that once served as the city's main post was previously located on this site.

During this building's early years, one of the tenants was Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Pittsburgh, which occupied the third and fourth floors. FHLB later moved to the National Steel Building on Stanwix Street, finally making its permanent home in the Porter Building on Grant Street, now renamed for FHLB. As of June 2009, the building tenants were IBM, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the advertising firm Brunner, and the local headquarters of KeyCorp.

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Example of Gateway Centre", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 November 1969
  2. Jack Sholl (AP), "Pittsburgh Marks Gateway Center's Redevelopment", Observer-Reporter, 25 November 1969
  3. Dave McConnell, "Equitable May Invest Still More in City", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 November 1969
  4. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. May 2, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

40°26′21″N80°00′23″W / 40.43917°N 80.00639°W / 40.43917; -80.00639

Preceded by Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height
355 feet (108 m)
23 floors
Succeeded by
Preceded by Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion
1969
Succeeded by