Pittsburgh: from the roofs of parking garages

[Evergrey]

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So I did something I somehow never thought of doing before... I photographed Downtown Pittsburgh from the roofs of most parking garages Downtown. So these photos will offer a bit of an "elevated" perspective that is hopefully new to you.

but first... views from the West End Bridge... which is the first bridge crossing the Ohio River

Heinz Field: home of 5-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and 4-time consensus National Champion Pittsburgh Panthers
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Mt. Washington condo towers... more are planned to join them... but NIMBYs have held up those projects for years because they're too tall... though they're not as tall as the existing towers... NIMBYs just like to wield their imaginary powers and hold back the city
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The fountain at the Point is spewing forth pink water... in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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boaters enjoying Hell on Earth
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Allegheny General Hospital... my second favorite institutional skyscraper in Pittsburgh...
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North Side homes
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Westinghouse Building
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Gateway condos
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Ft. Pitt Bridge with South Side Slopes in background
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construction continues at Three PNC Plaza... a 23-story, 792,000 sq. ft. "green" mixed-use tower that will include office, condos, retail, and a Fairmount hotel
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detail of ancient skyscrapers along Fourth Ave.
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the vacant G.C. Murphy building across the street from Three PNC Plaza is being developed into apartments, YMCA and grocery
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this historic but tattered block at Market and Fifth is being redeveloped into retail, restaurants and housing by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
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One Oxford Centre features several floors of upscale shopping and dining
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a lush hideaway
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shadows cast along Liberty Ave.
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The Ariba building is a very attractive example of the International architectural style
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gothic spires of PPG Place
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Heinz Hall
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Penn Ave.
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The Sunroof of SixPenn Kitchen
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Allegheny River bridges
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The "green" Convention Center
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North Side
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PNC Park... home to the 15-consecutive-losing-season Pittsburgh Pirates
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Head of the Ohio, a rowing competition took place on the Three Rivers earlier in the day
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Gulf Tower
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this residential tower was completed last year
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Downtown's historic skinny buildings are going residential
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a patio in the sky
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The muscular Oliver Building is nearing its centennial
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The Majestic floats past Station Square
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the red tower is the centerpiece of Point Park University... a rapidly expanding university Downtown
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playground in the sky
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new condo tower (brown tower front and center) has just been completed
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The art deco Gulf Tower lights up brightly
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the oldest existing bridge in the city dates from the 1880s
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the back side of Downtown
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love this shot
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The Cathedral of Learning looms over the Oak Hill neighborhood
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bridges crossing the Monongahela
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South Side
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I bet his photos are better.
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Allegheny River
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George Washington and Guyasuta share an intense moment
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sorry, it was windy
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[Flash]

Great Job Evergrey. Nice to see the progress on the new PNC tower.

I was once told to leave from that first garage you were at (for taking pictures from it as well).

[JackStraw]

Evergrey, you seem to never bore me with your Pittsburgh threads. You keep finding new ways to photograph this beautiful town. Every thread is new and has a different concept. Good job.

[STLgasm]

What a beautiful city.

[pj3000]

Great shots of downtown! I love the new perspectives offered by the parking garages and those twilight shots are beautiful. Seems like there is a lot going on downtown... new PNC tower, new condo towers, redevelopment around Fifth and Forbes...

[PhillyRising]

Very nice Evergrey. I don't recall the Gulf Tower Crown being lit up so brillantly before...looks great!

[JackStraw]

Great shots of downtown! I love the new perspectives offered by the parking garages and those twilight shots are beautiful. Seems like there is a lot going on downtown... new PNC tower, new condo towers, redevelopment around Fifth and Forbes...

Yeah, soon our downtown will actually have people in it after 5 oclock. We got to get them to keep the coffee shops open after 5:30 now. I always have to run over to Nicholas coffee after work at 5:20 before your last options will be 711.

[Clevelumbus]

Great shots!

[krudmonk]

I don't see why this city is not more celebrated for it's beauty.

[LivingIn622]

it looks nicer than Hell on Earth, but still gritty Pittsburgh.

[JivecitySTL]

These pictures make me want to expose myself to a room full of retirees from Baltimore.

[ColDayMan]

Not bad!

[pj3000]

Yeah, soon our downtown will actually have people in it after 5 oclock. We got to get them to keep the coffee shops open after 5:30 now. I always have to run over to Nicholas coffee after work at 5:20 before your last options will be 711.

Any plans for a supermarket downtown to serve the growing residential population? A little while back there was talk of a smaller-scale Giant Eagle.

[wisla_krakow]

So dense.
So lovely.

[Quixote]

Pittsburgh has lots of soul and character.

[Evergrey]

there are three grocery stores in development Downtown... none is a Giant Eagle of course... Vidalia Fine Foods in the Encore on 7th is slated to open this month... Tresantis European Market will open in the G.C. Murphy building... and the Smithfield Newsstand at Smithfield and Blvd of Allies is building a grocery next door

[Boris]

Great shots. I gotta say, some of those are some high ass parking gargages.

[OfCourse]

:whip:

[Goody]

mmmm lovely.

I am always looking for ways to get off of street level. Its a good thing :tup:

[jeremai]

Parking garages often offer a unique perspective but I don't think I've seen a whole thread before! Nice pictures... I never get bored of Pittsburgh.

[Austinlee]

Wow, some great perspective there Evergrey; So nice to see views that are unique. The night shots at the end are stunning! It's nice to have a camera that can get clear, crisp night shots, huh?

[Wheelingman04]

Neat idea, Evergrey.

[Austinlee]

Love this shot:
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Urban shots look so damn good when there is no streets visible, just built environment.

[theWatusi]

:frog: dig the 'burgh

[flar]

I think I said your last thread was your best, but those twilight shots make this one your best yet

[edncc1701d]

very nice!

[SuburbanNation]

pittsburgh is incredible. i finally visited this summer, it has fine ambiance! i cannot believe the steep and stark neighborhood fabric, GM B-Bodys, those wet streetcar tracks and pavers...



i'm not cheating St. Louis...:P

[Evergrey]

I think I said your last thread was your best, but those twilight shots make this one your best yet

Thanks Flar! It's always a treat to receive a compliment from you. It's just too bad I can't take one of those amazing twilight steel mills shots that you have perfected... since we don't have any steel mills anymore.

[volguus zildrohar]

PNC Bank still owes me money.

[Pinoy2.0]

I lik-a you.

[denveraztec]

Beautiful photos of a city that has a ton of character and history! Thank you for sharing!

[dugdogmaster]

I realize this is an old thread, but I am new to this site and rummaging through the threads, and I just wanted to say that the snaps you took at eye level on down to street level while on top of the garages were just sick!:cheers:

[10101000]

Breathtaking!

[Austinlee]

Evergrey, this still might be my favorite photothread you've ever done.

[VivaLFuego]

Great set. One of the US's underappreciated "cool" cities.

[Rocket1964]

The gold bridge with the night traffic blurred = awesome. I love it. Thanks for these.

[Wheelingman04]

Wallpaper-worthy photos.

[kcexpress69]

I must have missed this thread when you first posted it. Then again, I wasn't very active until around the first of this year!! Fantastic job Evergrey!! I see a lot of this city through your lense!! :tup:

[Sekkle]

Great looking city. I especialy enjoyed the evening/nightime shots. Great job!

[Magnus1]

Great stuff! amazing. thanks for the angles. good nite stuff too.



ppg place is horrid though. one of my most dispised scrapers in the us. totally an 80s concept!

[TinChelseaNYC]

That is one gorgeous photo thread. You really love that city, don't you? The Gulf Building and Oliver Building are incredible. There are so many beautiful historic structures left there. I've really gotta get back and see it for myself soon. Great job, as always! Pittsburgh couldn't ask for a better publicist.

[Evergrey]

Great stuff! amazing. thanks for the angles. good nite stuff too.



ppg place is horrid though. one of my most dispised scrapers in the us. totally an 80s concept!

PPG Place is the tower that captured my imagination and made me fall in love with skyscrapers when I first visited Pittsburgh at age 4... so I certainly am at the opposite spectrum. While there's a few internet critics that can't stand its whimsical, bold design, PPG Place is a spectacular sight and is always the tower that draws a visitor's eye to the skyline. Its playfulness and willingness to stir emotion and imagination certainly broke out of the depressing mold of 50s, 60s and 70s concepts in skyscraper design.

[Evergrey]

That is one gorgeous photo thread. You really love that city, don't you? The Gulf Building and Oliver Building are incredible. There are so many beautiful historic structures left there. I've really gotta get back and see it for myself soon. Great job, as always! Pittsburgh couldn't ask for a better publicist.

Yes, I do love Pittsburgh. I always thought Pittsburgh was one of America's most incredible (and misunderstood, underappreciated, misrepresented) cities.. and am so glad I have the opportunity to live here now.

The Oliver Building is aso one of my favorites.

[dugdogmaster]

PPG Place is the tower that captured my imagination and made me fall in love with skyscrapers when I first visited Pittsburgh at age 4... so I certainly am at the opposite spectrum. While there's a few internet critics that can't stand its whimsical, bold design, PPG Place is a spectacular sight and is always the tower that draws a visitor's eye to the skyline. Its playfulness and willingness to stir emotion and imagination certainly broke out of the depressing mold of 50s, 60s and 70s concepts in skyscraper design.

Thanks for rebutting before I could:tup:

[PhilippeMtl]

An other perfect Pittsburgh thread!

[RockMont]

I always thought Pittsburgh was spectacular.

[soulard&como]

the topography allows for such amazing shots, like you're in the clouds amongst the towers!:tup:

[peanut gallery]

What an amazing collection of photos. Every shot is a real treat. I'm so glad someone brought this back to life after such a long time because I somehow missed it the first time. Nice job, Evergrey.

a 23-story, 792,000 sq. ft. "green" mixed-use tower that will include office, condos, retail, and a Fairmount hotel

All that in 23 stories? Must be a huge footprint. :)

[Austinlee]

All that in 23 stories? Must be a huge footprint. :)

Yeah, 3 PNC is shaping up to be very wide:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128291&page=7

[Ayreonaut]

Beautiful, some very nice buildings in that city. I'd love to go there.

[peanut gallery]

Yeah, 3 PNC is shaping up to be very wide:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128291&page=7

I see what you mean. It's a great looking building.

[dktshb]

That was one outstanding, gorgeous photo thread. Pittsburgh has to be one of the most photgenic cities in the US.

[Urban Zombie]

Totally badass stuff, Everygrey. You sure can find the views!

[Wiz Khalifa]

it looks nicer than Hell on Earth, but still gritty Pittsburgh.

Its gritty because until very recently most of the structures in the city were from 30-70 years ago. No new structures for a while = "gritty". That is changing all across the city now however.

[Cirrus]

I don't what anybody says, Pittsburgh is a pretty city.

[mrherodotus]

How'd I miss this?

[skyline]

I missed it too! Didn't realize how awesome the city looks! I'm so impressed!

[KevinFromTexas]

Sweet thread. I'm jealous...and in love with your city. I'd be up on that hill at least once a week, maybe more.

[boden]

This is one thread that I should NOT have misssed! Brilliant!:tup: