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'''Grant Street''' is the main government and business corridor in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. It is home to the global headquarters of [[Mellon Financial Corporation| Mellon Financial]], [[U.S. Steel]], [[Koppers|Koppers Chemicals]], [[Federated Investors]], and [[Oxford Development]]. It also is home to the seat of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]], City of Pittsburgh and the regional Federal Government offices. It is part of the [[Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District]].
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'''Grant Street''' is the main government and business corridor in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It is home to the global headquarters of [[U.S. Steel]], [[Koppers|Koppers Chemicals]], and [[Oxford Development]]. It also is home to the seat of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]], City of Pittsburgh and the regional Federal Government offices. It is part of the [[Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District]].


==History==
==History==
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Grant Street was named after British Major General [[James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720)|James Grant]], who was defeated by the French at that location during the [[French and Indian War]].<ref name=great /> The street's location on "Grant's Hill" strangled growth in downtown Pittsburgh, leading to several attempts in 1836 and 1849 to regrade the area to remove the hill.<ref name=dp>{{cite book | last =Boehmig | first =Stuart P. | title =Downtown Pittsburgh | publisher =Arcadia Publishing | date =September 26, 2007 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=bz1Sm7WJ4ikC| page=42| isbn =9780738550428 }}</ref> The successful removal of the hill in 1912 cost $800,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|800000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars), plus $2.5 million in reimbursement costs for property damaged by the project (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|2500000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).<ref name=dp /> For example, the project removed 16 feet of hill near the [[Allegheny County Courthouse]], meaning that the former basement became the modern ground level.<ref name=dp /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Hump.html |title=Grant's Hill - The Hump |website=Brooklineconnection.com |accessdate=2017-07-14}}</ref> The extreme south end of Grant Street—near the [[Monongahela River]] and [[Boulevard of the Allies]] intersection—was home to Pittsburgh's [[Chinatown (Pittsburgh)|Chinatown]] from the 1880s until the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp |title=Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516223514/http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp |archive-date=2012-05-16 }}</ref>
[[File:AlleghenyCountyCourthouse.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Note the darker stone at the base of the [[Allegheny County Courthouse]]; this used to be below ground before the removal of Grant Hill.]]
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Grant Street was named after British Major General [[James Grant (British Army officer)|James Grant]], who was defeated by the French at that location during the [[French and Indian War]].<ref name=great /> The street location's on "Grant's Hill" strangled the growth on downtown Pittsburgh, leading to several attempts in 1836 and 1849 to regrade the area to remove the hill.<ref name=dp>{{cite book | last =Boehmig | first =Stuart P. | title =Downtown Pittsburgh | publisher =Arcadia Publishing | date =Sep 26, 2007 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=bz1Sm7WJ4ikC| page=42}}</ref> The successful removal of the hill in 1912 cost $800,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|800000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}} dollars), plus $2.5 million in reimbursement costs for property damaged by the project (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|2500000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}} dollars).<ref name=dp /> For example, the project removed 16 feet of hill near the [[Allegheny County Courthouse]], meaning that the former basement became the modern ground level.<ref name=dp /><ref>http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Hump.html</ref> The extreme south end of Grant Street-- near the [[Monongahela River]] and [[Boulevard of the Allies]] intersection--was home to Pittsburgh's [[Chinatowns in the United States#Pittsburgh|Chinatown]] from the 1880s until the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp|title=Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown}}</ref>


Grant Street has long been a central area for civic events, including longtime Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor [[David L. Lawrence]]'s funeral procession in November 1966 attended by [[Robert F. Kennedy]], mayors [[Joseph M. Barr]] of Pittsburgh, [[Jerome Cavanagh]] of Detroit, [[James Tate (mayor)|James Tate]] and [[Richardson Dilworth]] of Philadelphia, governors [[William Scranton]], [[James H. Duff]], [[Raymond P. Shafer]] and [[John S. Fine]] along with President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] staff members [[Robert E. Kintner]] and [[W. Marvin Watson]], Secretary of Agriculture [[Orville Freeman]] and Secretary of the Interior [[Stewart Udall]].
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An extensive resurfacing of Grant Street was completed in 1990.<ref>{{cite news | title =With Grant Street done, Pittsburgh looks to future | newspaper =[[Beaver County Times]] | date =Sep 2, 1990 | url =http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7kiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GrUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5792,294397 | accessdate = }}</ref>

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An extensive six-year $15.3 million resurfacing and redesign of Grant Street was completed in August 1990.<ref>{{cite news | title =With Grant Street done, Pittsburgh looks to future | newspaper =[[Beaver County Times]] | date =September 2, 1990 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7kiAAAAIBAJ&pg=5792,294397 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=THQcAAAAIBAJ&pg=4562%2C80258 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413131745/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=THQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=02MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4562,80258 |archive-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==


The [[American Planning Association]] named Grant Street one of its 10 Great Streets for 2012, describing it as "Pittsburgh's finest collection of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, buildings that tell the stories of 20th century aristocrats and architects who shaped the city into an industrial and banking empire."<ref name=great>{{cite web | title =Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | work =Great Places in America: Street 2012 | publisher =[[American Planning Association]] | date = | url =http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ | accessdate =October 12, 2012 }}</ref>
The [[American Planning Association]] named Grant Street one of its 10 Great Streets for 2012, describing it as "Pittsburgh's finest collection of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, buildings that tell the stories of 20th century aristocrats and architects who shaped the city into an industrial and banking empire."<ref name=great>{{cite web | title =Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | work =Great Places in America: Street 2012 | publisher =[[American Planning Association]] | url =http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ | accessdate =October 12, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121011074837/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ | archive-date =October 11, 2012 | url-status =dead }}</ref>


Its importance to the city is because of its status as the "seat of financial, governmental and legal power" and its "striking architecture".<ref name=10best>{{cite news | last =Schmitz | first =John | title =Grant Street named one of the 10 best in America | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =October 3, 2012 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/grant-street-named-one-of-the-10-best-in-america-655926/ | accessdate = }}</ref> It is the "corporate and government heartbeat" of the city.<ref name=masloff>{{cite news| title=Grant Street | newspaper =The Allegheny Times | date =Oct 9, 1988| url =http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z7UiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7rQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4436,1576813 | accessdate = }}</ref>
Its importance to the city is because of its status as the "seat of financial, governmental and legal power" and its "striking architecture".<ref name=10best>{{cite news | last =Schmitz | first =John | title =Grant Street named one of the 10 best in America | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =October 3, 2012 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/grant-street-named-one-of-the-10-best-in-america-655926/ }}</ref> It is the "corporate and government heartbeat" of the city.<ref name=masloff>{{cite news| title=Grant Street | newspaper =The Allegheny Times | date =Oct 9, 1988| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z7UiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4436,1576813 }}</ref>


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After the death of [[Pittsburgh Mayor]] [[Richard Caliguiri]], his successor [[Sophie Masloff]] pursued changing the name of Grant Street to Richard S. Caliguri Boulevard<ref name=masloff /> However, resistance to changing the historic street name, even for the beloved deceased mayor, halted that effort.<ref>{{cite news | title =Backtracking on Grant Street | newspaper =[[The Pittsburgh Press]] | date =October 11, 1988 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6YUcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5897,7277230 }}</ref>
The term "Grant Street" is shorthand for the [[government of Pittsburgh]]<ref>{{cite news| title =Broken leadership: The pension crisis reveals a Pittsburgh in trouble | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =March 29, 2012 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/editorials/broken-leadership-the-pension-crisis-reveals-a-pittsburgh-in-trouble-280099/ | accessdate =October 12, 2012 |quote=It was not your average Grant Street imbroglio. It was a noisy, months-long political brawl that laid bare the inadequacy of leadership in Pittsburgh government. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Fitzpatrick | first =Dan | title =Pittsburgh in Crisis: Why shutdowns, layoffs may be just what's needed | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =August 22, 2003 | url =http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_city/20030822crisis0822p2.asp | accessdate =October 12, 2012|quote=Despite the protests, placards and impeachment talk on Grant Street, not everyone is angry about... }}</ref>

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After the death of [[Pittsburgh Mayor]] [[Richard Caliguiri]], his successor [[Sophie Masloff]] pursued changing the name of Grant Street to Richard S. Caliguri Boulevard<ref name=masloff /> However, resistance to changing the historic street name, even for the beloved deceased mayor, halted that effort.<ref>{{cite news | title =Backtracking on Grant Street | newspaper =[[The Pittsburgh Press]] | date =October 11, 1988 | url =http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6YUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5897,7277230 | accessdate = }}</ref>


==Buildings==
==Buildings==
[[File:James Harrison at Super Bowl XLIII parade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[James Harrison (American football)|James Harrison]] in the post [[Super Bowl XLIII]] [[victory parade]] down Grant Street.]]
[[File:James Harrison at Super Bowl XLIII parade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[James Harrison (American football)|James Harrison]] in the post [[Super Bowl XLIII]] [[victory parade]] down Grant Street.]]
The street stretches for close to 10 blocks on the eastern boundary of Downtown Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscrapers are on Grant Street.
The street stretches for close to 10 blocks on the eastern boundary of Downtown Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscrapers are on Grant Street.
*[[Federated Tower]]
*[[Union Station (Pittsburgh)|Penn Station]]
*[[William S. Moorhead Federal Building]]
*[[William S. Moorhead Federal Building]]
*[[Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Pittsburgh Branch|Federal Reserve Pittsburgh Branch]] at 717 Grant Street
*[[Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Pittsburgh Branch|Federal Reserve Pittsburgh Branch]] at 717 Grant Street
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*[[U.S. Steel Tower]] at 600 Grant Street
*[[U.S. Steel Tower]] at 600 Grant Street
*[[Koppers Tower]] at 436 6th Avenue (600 block of Grant Street)
*[[Koppers Tower]] at 436 6th Avenue (600 block of Grant Street)
*[[One Mellon Center]] at 500 Grant Street
*[[BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh)|BNY Mellon Center]] at 500 Grant Street
*[[Omni William Penn Hotel]]
*[[Omni William Penn Hotel]]
*[[Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh)|Union Trust Building]]
*[[Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh)|Union Trust Building]]
*The [[Frick Building]] at 437 Grant Street
*The [[Frick Building]] at 437 Grant Street
*[[Allegheny County Courthouse]]
*[[Allegheny County Courthouse]]
*[[Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Union Trust Building]] 435 Grant Street (Two Mellon Center)
*The [[Grant Building (Pittsburgh)|Grant Building]] at 330 Grant Street
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*[[One Oxford Centre]]
*[[The Grant Building]] at 330 Grant Street
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*[[Oxford Centre]]
*[[Pittsburgh City-County Building]]
*[[Pittsburgh City-County Building]]
*[[Grant Street Station]]

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Latest revision as of 15:38, 24 March 2024

Grant Street
Grant Street looking northbound
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
South end I-376 / US 22 / US 30 in Downtown
Major
junctions		Fort Pitt Boulevard in Downtown
Blvd of the Allies in Downtown

Fourth Avenue in Downtown
Forbes Avenue in Downtown
Fifth Avenue in Downtown
North endLiberty Avenue in Downtown

Grant Street is the main government and business corridor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to the global headquarters of U.S. Steel, Koppers Chemicals, and Oxford Development. It also is home to the seat of Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh and the regional Federal Government offices. It is part of the Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District.

History[edit]

Grant Street was named after British Major General James Grant, who was defeated by the French at that location during the French and Indian War.[1] The street's location on "Grant's Hill" strangled growth in downtown Pittsburgh, leading to several attempts in 1836 and 1849 to regrade the area to remove the hill.[2] The successful removal of the hill in 1912 cost $800,000 ($25.3 million in 2023 dollars), plus $2.5 million in reimbursement costs for property damaged by the project ($78.9 million in 2023 dollars).[2] For example, the project removed 16 feet of hill near the Allegheny County Courthouse, meaning that the former basement became the modern ground level.[2][3] The extreme south end of Grant Street—near the Monongahela River and Boulevard of the Allies intersection—was home to Pittsburgh's Chinatown from the 1880s until the 1950s.[4]

Grant Street has long been a central area for civic events, including longtime Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor David L. Lawrence's funeral procession in November 1966 attended by Robert F. Kennedy, mayors Joseph M. Barr of Pittsburgh, Jerome Cavanagh of Detroit, James Tate and Richardson Dilworth of Philadelphia, governors William Scranton, James H. Duff, Raymond P. Shafer and John S. Fine along with President Lyndon B. Johnson staff members Robert E. Kintner and W. Marvin Watson, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall.

An extensive six-year $15.3 million resurfacing and redesign of Grant Street was completed in August 1990.[5][6]

Recognition[edit]

The American Planning Association named Grant Street one of its 10 Great Streets for 2012, describing it as "Pittsburgh's finest collection of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, buildings that tell the stories of 20th century aristocrats and architects who shaped the city into an industrial and banking empire."[1]

Its importance to the city is because of its status as the "seat of financial, governmental and legal power" and its "striking architecture".[7] It is the "corporate and government heartbeat" of the city.[8]

After the death of Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri, his successor Sophie Masloff pursued changing the name of Grant Street to Richard S. Caliguri Boulevard[8] However, resistance to changing the historic street name, even for the beloved deceased mayor, halted that effort.[9]

Buildings[edit]

James Harrison in the post Super Bowl XLIII victory parade down Grant Street.

The street stretches for close to 10 blocks on the eastern boundary of Downtown Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscrapers are on Grant Street.

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grant Street (Pittsburgh).
  1. ^ a b "Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania". Great Places in America: Street 2012. American Planning Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Boehmig, Stuart P. (September 26, 2007). Downtown Pittsburgh. Arcadia Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9780738550428.
  3. ^ "Grant's Hill - The Hump". Brooklineconnection.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "With Grant Street done, Pittsburgh looks to future". Beaver County Times. September 2, 1990.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Schmitz, John (October 3, 2012). "Grant Street named one of the 10 best in America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  8. ^ a b "Grant Street". The Allegheny Times. October 9, 1988.
  9. ^ "Backtracking on Grant Street". The Pittsburgh Press. October 11, 1988.
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