Commonwealth Building

The Commonwealth Building, originally known as the Commonwealth Trust Bank, is a 300 feet tall skyscraper in . It was completed in 1906 and has 21 floors. It is tied with and Washington Plaza for 26th tallest building in the city.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also known as: “Commonwealth Trust Bank”
  • Address: 316 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pittsburgh Playhouse and Warner Centre.

Arts center
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is Point Park University's performing arts center located in , Pennsylvania. It houses three performance spaces and is home to The Rep, Point Park's resident professional theatre company, as well as three student companies—Conservatory Theatre Company, Conservatory Dance Company, and Playhouse Jr.

Shopping center
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The is a former theater and concert hall located at 332 Fifth Avenue in . It opened as the Grand Theatre on March 7, 1918, with Douglas Fairbanks in Headin' South and Winifred Westover in Her Husband’s Wife. is situated 500 feet northeast of Commonwealth Building.

Public building
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Engine Company No. 1 and Engine Company No. 30 are historic structures located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. No. 1 is located at 344 Boulevard of the Allies in downtown Pittsburgh while No. is situated 470 feet south of Commonwealth Building.

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 or The Bluff is a neighborhood in the city of , 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 .

Neighborhood
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is a community within the larger neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.

Commonwealth Building

Latitude
40.43903° or 40° 26′ 21″ north
Longitude
-80.00088° or 80° 0′ 3″ west
Levels
21
Height
299 feet (91 metres)
Open location code
86GXCXQX+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 202809242
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5153703
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