Market Square

Market Square is a public space located in at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Market Street. The square was home to the first courthouse and first jail, and the first newspaper west of the , the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Market Square, Pittsburgh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gateway station and PNC Park.

Railway station
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is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system in , operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The station is located within the system's free fare zone, which also includes , , , , and . is situated 580 feet northwest of Market Square.

Stadium
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is a baseball on the of , Pennsylvania. It is the fifth location to serve as the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. is situated 2,400 feet north of Market Square.

Office building
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is a complex in , , consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. was designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Uptown Pittsburgh.

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Downtown is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Neighborhood
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Uptown is a neighborhood in the city of , Pennsylvania, southeast of the city's Central Business District. It is bordered on the north by the Hill District and lies across the Monongahela River from .

Neighborhood
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is a historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, 's . The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted in favor of designating the neighborhood as a city historic district in September 1989.

Market Square

Latitude
40.4407° or 40° 26′ 27″ north
Longitude
-80.00258° or 80° 0′ 9″ west
Elevation
741 feet (226 metres)
Open location code
86GXCXRW+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 202731623
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Geo­Names ID
5199907
Wiki­data ID
Q6770726
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Market Square” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان السوق”
  • Ukrainian: “Маркет-сквер”
  • Ukrainian: “площа Ринок”

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