The Wood Street Galleries, a visual arts project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is a art gallery that is located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] [4] The gallery occupies the upper floors of the Max Azen company building, above the Wood Street light rail stop. [5] [6] [7]
The triangular-shaped building that houses the gallery was transferred to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust in 1990 by the Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit, for the sum of $1 per year. [8] The Wood Street Galleries were established two years later in 1992. [8]
This gallery focuses on contemporary and technological art. [9]
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