Stanwix Street

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Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh Downtown 2019-06-20 Fifth Avenue Place 01.jpg
Stanwix Street northbound with the Fifth Avenue Place building in front
Length0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
South endI-376.svgUS 22.svgUS 30.svg I-376  / US 22  / US 30 in Downtown
Major
junctions
Blvd of the Allies in Downtown

Fourth Avenue in Downtown
Forbes Avenue in Downtown
Liberty Avenue in Downtown
Penn Avenue in Downtown
North endFort Duquesne Boulevard in Downtown

Stanwix Street is a street nearly half a mile long near The Point in Downtown Pittsburgh. Running south from the Allegheny River to the Monongahela River, it is the western terminus of Forbes Avenue, and intersects 8 other streets. On it sits PPG Place and Fifth Avenue Place, the 3rd and 4th tallest buildings in Pittsburgh.

History

Stanwix Street consists of the former Fifth Street (originally called Pitt Street) and the former Ferry Street, to the respective north and south of Liberty Avenue. Both of those former streets date back to the original town plan of 1784. Fifth Street was renamed Stanwix Street in 1910 in honor of British General John Stanwix, who led the construction of Fort Pitt. Stanwix Street was extended southward by incorporating Ferry Street in 1955. [1]

The Great Fire of Pittsburgh of April 10, 1845, began on Ferry Street, which is now the southern portion of Stanwix Street.

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References

  1. "Ferry Street Has Only Nine More Days of 'Life'". Daily Magazine. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 22, 1955. p. 1.


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