Point of View
Point of View is a 2006 landmark public sculpture in bronze by James A. West which sits in a parklet named for the work of art, Point of View Park, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture by JA West in Pennsylvania, US
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Acrisure Stadium and USS Requin.
Acrisure Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Acrisure Stadium, formerly known as Heinz Field, is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Acrisure Stadium is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Point of View.
USS Requin
Photo: Malo, Public domain.
USS Requin, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USS Requin is situated 2,300 feet north of Point of View.
PNC Park
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chatham Village and Downtown Pittsburgh.
Chatham Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chatham Village is a community within the larger Mount Washington neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.
Downtown Pittsburgh
Photo: Chris connelly, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown Pittsburgh 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.
Allegheny West
Neighborhood
Photo: Ainulindale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Allegheny West is a historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's North Side. The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted in favor of designating the neighborhood as a city historic district in September 1989.
Point of View
- Categories: sculpture, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.43928° or 40° 26′ 21″ northLongitude
-80.02127° or 80° 1′ 17″ westOpen location code
86GXCXQH+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4013347814OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q7208266
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