- BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh)
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For other places with the same name, see BNY Mellon Center (disambiguation).
BNY Mellon Center 
Former names Dravo Tower
1 Mellon Bank CenterGeneral information Type Commercial offices Location 500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCoordinates 40°26′23″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4397°N 79.9961°WCoordinates: 40°26′23″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4397°N 79.9961°W 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
- ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at Emporis
- ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at SkyscraperPage
- ^ BNY Mellon Center (Pittsburgh) at Structurae
- ^ 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.
- ^ "BNY Mellon installing rooftop sign on Downtown Pittsburgh HQ". The Pittsburgh Business Times. 2010-02-26.
- ^ "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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Categories:- Skyscrapers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Office buildings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Skyscrapers between 200 and 249 meters
- Financial services company headquarters in the United States
- Buildings and structures completed in 1983
- Pittsburgh metropolitan area
- Headquarters in the United States
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