BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh)

BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh)
BNY Mellon Center
Former names Dravo Tower
1 Mellon Bank Center
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′23″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4397°N 79.9961°W / 40.4397; -79.9961Coordinates: 40°26′23″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4397°N 79.9961°W / 40.4397; -79.9961
Construction started 1982
Completed 1983
Height
Roof 220.98 m (725.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 55
Design and construction
Owner The Bank of New York Mellon
Management Jones Lang LaSalle
Main contractor Turner Construction
Architect Welton Becket and Associates
References
[1][2][3]

BNY Mellon Center is the second tallest skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Located at 500 Grant Street, it was completed in 1982-1983 and originally built to be the world headquarters of the Dravo Corporation (now Carmeuse Corporation). Since its inception, the building housed the global headquarters of the Mellon Financial Corporation, until the company merged with Bank of New York in 2007. The building now serves as one of the major offices for The Bank of New York Mellon. The building was named One Mellon Center until 2008, when it was renamed as part of a branding initiative by The Bank of New York Mellon.[4]

Prominent features of the building include its eight-sided design, mansard roof and rooftop heliport. BNY Mellon Center is the 195th tallest skyscraper in the world (see List of skyscrapers). It is the building with the highest taxable property value in Allegheny County, surpassing the larger U.S. Steel Tower. On clear days, it is possible to spot the building from as far as 50 miles away, usually from the top of Chestnut Ridge.

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History

In March 2010, installation began on a new rooftop sign that will replace the old Mellon signage with the company's new triangular logo and the new brand name "BNY Mellon". The effort is expected to last until the end of 2010.[5]

On Monday, March 29, 2010, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a maintenance worker committed suicide by intentionally falling from the roof. The worker that died, from the North Side region of the city, was a 10-year employee of the building's maintenance contractor.[6]

Popular Culture

The skyscraper features prominently in the 1983 film Flashdance (while still under construction), the 1998 Michael Keaton film Desperate Measures (serving as part of the "hospital"), as well as cameos in Sudden Death, Striking Distance and the 2010 rap video Black and yellow

See also

References

  1. ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at Emporis
  2. ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at SkyscraperPage
  3. ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at Structurae
  4. ^ Belko, Mark (December 11, 2008). "BNY Mellon name to adorn One Mellon Center, while Consol buys rights to new arena". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08346/934360-28.stm. 
  5. ^ "BNY Mellon installing rooftop sign on Downtown Pittsburgh HQ". The Pittsburgh Business Times. 2010-02-26. 
  6. ^ "Man who fell from BNY Mellon building committed suicide". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10090/1046814-53.stm. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 

Further reading

  • Toker, Franklin (2007). Buildings of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians; Santa Fe: Center for American Places ; Charlottesville: In association with the University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0813926505. 

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