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At 520 feet (160 m) tall, it was the second-tallest building in Pittsburgh until 1970, and the third-tallest until 1984. The building has 41 floors and approximately 950,000 square feet (88,000 m 2) of office space. Presently it is the third-largest office building by square feet in downtown Pittsburgh.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the IBM Building "one of the first real changes from conventional design in half a century of multi-story building." [15] Detail of the building exterior. The building was also one of the first to utilize a diagrid (diagonal grid) structure, which requires less steel than a conventional frame. [16]
The Gateway Center is a complex of office, residential, and hotel buildings covering 25 acres (10 ha) [1] in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It lies between Commonwealth Place and Stanwix Street at the western edge of the central business district, immediately to the east of Point State Park .
In 1905 Pittsburgh Railways leased the route and between 1909 and 1910 converted it from narrow gauge to dual gauge and installed overhead power for trolleys. Mid-20th century PCC streetcars continued to operate on the Overbrook Line until 1993, when concerns about the safety of the line led PAT to suspend service there pending reconstruction.
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Gateway Center closed on October 30, 2009, as part of the North Shore Connector project, and a newly constructed station (named Gateway) opened just north of the original station on March 25, 2012. The original platform under Liberty Ave was left intact and abandoned, and can be seen while riding the train towards Wood Street.
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