The Waterfront

The Waterfront is a super-regional open air shopping mall spanning the three boroughs of Homestead, West Homestead, and Munhall near Pittsburgh. The shopping mall sits on land once occupied by U.S. Steel's Homestead Steel Works plant, which closed in 1986.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carnegie Library of Homestead and Bost Building.

Carnegie Library of Homestead

Library

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The Carnegie Library of Homestead is a public library in Munhall, Pennsylvania founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1898. It is one of 2,509 Carnegie libraries worldwide, 1,689 of which were built in the United States. Carnegie Library of Homestead is situated 970 feet southeast of The Waterfront.

Bost Building

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Bost Building, also known as Columbia Hotel, is located on East Eighth Avenue in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States. Built just before the 1892 Homestead Strike, it was used as headquarters by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and for reporters covering the confrontation. Bost Building is situated 570 feet northeast of The Waterfront.

Homestead Grays Bridge

Bridge

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The Homestead Grays Bridge, also known as the High Level Bridge, was built in 1936 and spans the Monongahela River between Homestead Borough and the southernmost tip of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Homestead Grays Bridge is situated 3,000 feet west of The Waterfront.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitaker and Munhall.

Whitaker

Village

Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.

Whitaker is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is on the Monongahela River 3 miles upriver from Pittsburgh. The population was 1,179 at the 2020 census.

Munhall

Village

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Munhall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the west bank of the Monongahela River. The population was 10,774 at the 2020 census.

Rankin

Village

Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.

Rankin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. The borough was named after Thomas Rankin, a local landowner.

The Waterfront

Type: Commerce
Description: shopping mall near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Categories: shopping center and mixed-use development
Location: Borough of Munhall, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.40824° or 40° 24′ 30″ north

Longitude

-79.90601° or 79° 54′ 22″ west

Open location code

87G2C35V+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 168453758

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q7773729

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