Description: 41045-B 221-98 GATEWAY CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA603 Stanwix Street, Suite 400. Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 15222 Manufactured by Dexter Press, West Nyack NYPublished by Wonday Film Service, Inc., Wilkinsburg, PA On 23 acres adjacent to Point Square Park, rise the four stainless steel skyscrapers by such industrial giants as Jones & Laughlin Steel, Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh Plate Glass and National Supply. To the left of the picture can be seen the new Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, while on the right is the State Office Building. The Gateway Center is a complex of office, residential, and hotel buildings covering 25 acres (10 ha) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It lies between Commonwealth Place and Stanwix Street at the western edge of the central business district, immediately to the east of Point State Park. Construction of the Gateway Center was one of the earliest urban renewal projects in the United States and part of Pittsburgh's Renaissance I programs which reshaped large sections of the city. The project was developed by the Equitable Life Assurance Society and built between 1950 and 1969. In May 2013, the National Park Service designated a historic district named the "Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District" which encompasses both the Gateway Center and neighboring Point State Park. All of the Gateway Center buildings were designated as contributing properties in the district except for one, the former State Office Building, which was considered to have lost its architectural integrity due to a 1980s remodeling. HistoryThe Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal was demolished to make way for Gateway Center Plans were developed during World War II to redevelop the dense and "blighted" forks of the Ohio River into both Point State Park and a "Gateway" of offices. It was announced as fully financed on September 21, 1949, when the Equitable Life Assurance Society agreed to underwrite the project after securing lease agreements from Westinghouse, Mellon Financial and other major corporations. On May 8, 1950, work began to clear the Gateway Center site for the new development. Although mainly a run down warehouse district the Center did require the demolition of the 1904 Beaux Arts 11 floor Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal. Most of the existing streets and buildings were wiped away, giving the developers a clean slate to re-imagine the area as a "towers in a park" concept based on the urban planning ideas of Le Corbusier. The first three office buildings, One, Two, and Three Gateway Center, were completed in 1952. Eggers & Higgins, architects on the Jefferson Memorial, were the architects for the first three buildings. The Wyndham Grand Hotel was added in 1959, and Four Gateway Center was completed in 1960. The final building in the Gateway Center, the Westinghouse Building, was completed in 1969. In 2004, One, Two, Three, and Four Gateway Center were purchased by Hertz Investment Group, a Los Angeles, California, based real estate investment company, for US$55 million. BuildingsThe original Gateway Center development included a total of ten buildings: eight office buildings, one residential building, and one hotel.[One of the office buildings, the State Office Building, was later converted to residential use. As of 2021, Gateway Center consists of four buildings.NameImageLocationYear builtNotesOne Gateway Center420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.1952Two Gateway Center603 Stanwix St.1952Three Gateway Center401 Liberty Ave.1952Four Gateway Center444 Liberty Ave.1960Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building201 Stanwix St.1957No longer part of Gateway CenterRiver Vue (State Office Building)300 Liberty Ave.1957No longer part of Gateway CenterWyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown (Pittsburgh Hilton)600 Commonwealth Pl.1959Not part of Gateway Center, but adjacent the Gateway Center parklike plaza area United Steelworkers Building (IBM Building)60 Boulevard of the Allies1964No longer part of Gateway Center, but sometimes referred to as Five Gateway Center.11 Stanwix Street (Westinghouse Building)11 Stanwix St.1969No longer part of Gateway Center, but sometimes referred to as Six Gateway Center.The 625 Stanwix Towers building is within the Gateway Center boundaries but was not an official part of the development. One other building on the site, the Pittsburgh Press Building, predates the Gateway Center project.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Material: Cardboard, Paper
Year Manufactured: 1961
City: Pittsburgh
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Wonday Film Service, Inc., Wilkinsburg, PA
Subject: Gateway Center, Point State Park, Pittsburgh PA 1960s VTG Wonday
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Unit Type: Unit
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Country: United States
Region: Pennsylvania
Theme: Architecture, Roadside America, Tourism, Travel, Allegheny County, Point State Park, Jones & Laughlin Steel, Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh Plate Glass and National Supply, View of Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, State Office Building on right
Features: Chrome, Divided Back
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
