Westinghouse Tower

Westinghouse Tower

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building_name = Westinghouse Tower


caption = View of the Westinghouse building (black building at center) from Mt. Washington
location = 11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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constructed = 1970
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use = Office
roof = convert|355|ft|m|0|abbr=on
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floor_count = 23
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architect = Harrison Abramovitz
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Westinghouse Tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The tower is named for the Westinghouse Corporation.

Westinghouse Tower was completed in 1970 and it has 23 floors. It rises 355 feet or 108 meters above Downtown Pittsburgh. Its post office address is 11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.

References

*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Buildings of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians; Santa Fe: Center for American Places ; Charlottesville: In association with the University of Virginia Press | year=2007 | id=ISBN 0-8139-2650-5


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