Downtown
Downtown is a quarter in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Downtown is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fifth & Forbes, as well as near Gateway.Places of Interest
Highlights include Market Square and Gateway station.
Market Square
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Market Square is a public space located in Downtown Pittsburgh 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 Allegheny Mountains, the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Gateway station
Railway station
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Gateway station is a station on the Pittsburgh Light Rail system in Downtown Pittsburgh, operated by Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The station is located within the system's free fare zone, which also includes First Avenue, Steel Plaza, Wood Street, North Side, and Allegheny.
PNC Park
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Uptown Pittsburgh.
Downtown Pittsburgh
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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.
Uptown Pittsburgh
Neighborhood
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Uptown or The Bluff is a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the southeast of the city's Central Business District. It is bordered in the north by the Hill District and located across the Monongahela River from South Side.
Allegheny West
Neighborhood
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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.
Downtown
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.4407° or 40° 26′ 27″ northLongitude
-80.00257° or 80° 0′ 9″ westOpen location code
86GXCXRW+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 9895584017OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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