Market Square Pittsburgh: a compact square inside the downtown street network
A downtown square whose changing buildings and surfaces reveal successive ideas about public space.
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Pittsburgh
Explore the neighborhoods, public spaces and buildings of Pittsburgh through 6 articles.
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Strip District Pittsburgh: a district understood through warehouses, food and trade
Food shops and reused industrial buildings preserve different parts of the Strip’s trading history.
Three Rivers Heritage Trail Pittsburgh: selecting a riverfront segment and a clear return
The trail network makes river geography legible, provided that branches and crossings are planned together.
Pittsburgh Union Station Rotunda: a station entrance with a later life
A carriage entrance survives as the most visible part of a station whose passenger functions moved elsewhere.
Point State Park: reading the meeting of rivers and layers of settlement
The meeting of three rivers connects military history, industrial land and a twentieth-century park.
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Allegheny County Courthouse: how a civic building uses mass, arches and a courtyard
Richardson’s courthouse uses heavy masonry and an interior court to give civic architecture a distinctive presence.