One Mellon Center

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building_name = One Mellon Center


caption = One Mellon Center at night.
location = 500 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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constructed = 1982-1983
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One Mellon Center located at 500 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 USA is the second tallest skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and the 195th tallest skyscraper in the world (see List of skyscrapers). It was completed in 1982-1983 and originally built to be the world headquarters of the Dravo Corporation (now Carmeuse Corporation). Prominent features of the building include its eight-sided design, mansard roof and rooftop heliport. It is the building with the highest taxable property value in Allegheny County, surpassing the larger U.S. Steel Tower.

The building has since its inception housed the global headquarters of the Mellon Financial Corporation, after the merger between Mellon Financial and Bank of New York the building is now home to extensive operations run by the new company The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.

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

External links

* [http://www.mellon.com www.mellon.com]
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