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Mellon Green Type Privately owned "Public Space" Park Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°25′56″N 79°54′18″W / 40.432314°N 79.904904°W Area 1-acre (4,000 m2) Created 1984 Operated by Mellon Financial Website www.pittsburghparks.org/frick Mellon Green is an urban park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The green, bounded by Grant Street, William Penn Place, and Oliver and Sixth avenues, is surrounded by many prominent downtown buildings including the U.S. Steel Tower, BNY Mellon Center (the long-time global headquarters of Mellon Financial, the Omni William Penn Hotel and is on top of the Steel Plaza Subway station and it's retail and officespace. It has long been a popular lunchtime destination for downtown workers. The park opened in 1985 along with the completion of BNY Mellon Center.
In 2011 it was the base for the Occupy Pittsburgh protest.
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