Ground Breaking for the State Office Building

1955-01-12

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Ground Breaking for the State Office Building
  • Title
  • Ground Breaking for the State Office Building
  • Creator
  • Don Bindyke
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F07.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F07.I01
  • Description
  • Governor David L. Lawrence (center, holding pick), former mayor of Pittsburgh, accompanied by other government officials, breaks ground for the new State Office Building on Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh’s Gateway Center. The State Office Building, located in the Golden Triangle in downtown Pittsburgh, was Pittsburgh’s first multi-colored skyscraper. The architectural firm of Altenhof and Bown designed the 16-story, $8.5 million structure. The two lower floors of the building contained white marble, while the main shaft of the structure was sheathed in blue aluminum panels and each was framed by natural aluminum. The use of colored metal panels was an innovation for Pittsburgh based Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America).
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • State Office Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lawrence, David Leo, 1889-1966.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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