Downtown Pittsburgh is colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Penssylvania. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, whose joining forms the Ohio River. The two rivers bound the “triangle.” The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York Mellon, Heinz, Federated Investors, and Alcoa. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Mellon, and George Westinghouse were made. It contains where the French fort, Fort Duquesne, once stood.
Districts
Downtown contains a wealth of historical, cultural, and entertainment sites. While most people still consider the entire Downtown as one neighborhood, several significant subdistricts within the Golden Triangle exist.
- The Pittsburgh, OH Central Downtown Historic District is a historic district in the central business district. It is bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 17, 1985.
- Point State Park area: At the triangle’s tip is Point State Park with its giant fountain and the Fort Pitt Museum. This park was the original site of both Fort Duquesne by the French and the subsequent Fort Pitt by the British.
- The Cultural District along Penn and Liberty avenues on the Allegheny River includes numerous theaters, galleries, and concert halls, including Heinz Hall, Byham Theater, O’Reilly Theater, Benedum Center, and Wood Street Galleries restaurants and housing. The Penn-Liberty Historic District encompasses the Penn & Liberty Avenue corridor in the Cultural District. Bed Bug Exterminator Cleveland
- The Fifth & Forbes Corridor is Downtown’s shopping district along Fifth and Forbes avenues and includes historic Market Square. Downtown is home to numerous independent retailers plus large retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory and Brooks Brothers. Bed Bug Exterminator Pittsburgh
- The Grant Street area is the seat of Pittsburgh’s and Allegheny County’s government and is also a prestigious corporate address with many of the city’s tallest skyscrapers.
- The First side neighborhood along the Boulevard of the Allies and Fort Pitt Boulevard adjacent to the Monongahela River is an educational and residential district. It is home to Point Park University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, which have high-rise student housing in the neighborhood. Numerous other residential projects are also under construction in this neighborhood.
Location
The Monongahela River bounds the Central Business District to the south, the Allegheny River to the north, and I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) to the east. An expanded definition of Downtown may include the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown/The Bluff, the Strip District, the North Shore, and the South Shore.
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