Research Catalog

Title

Buildings of Pittsburgh / Franklin Toker.

Author

Toker, Franklin.

Publication

Chicago : Society of Architectural Historians ; Santa Fe : Center for American Places ; Charlottesville : In association with the University of Virginia Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Society of Architectural Historians.
• Center for American Places.

Description

xv, 200 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"At the forefront of national and international change, Pittsburgh has long been portrayed as a place for innovative architecture. From its origins as a fort built in 1753 at the urging of a twenty-one-year-old George Washington, through its industrial boom, and into contemporary times, when it has become a pioneer for the ideals and philosophy of environmentally friendly architecture, the city has a history of development that exemplifies the transformative nature of America's built environment. With Buildings of Pittsburgh, we now have a substantive reference book (organized by area, with subsets of geographical entries) that relates the architectural history of this ever-changing city up to the present day." "Franklin Toker examines Pittsburgh's architectural transformations from its early architecture following the Federal and Gothic Revival styles, to the city's importation in the mid-nineteenth century of new styles in the Romantic tradition, to industrial Pittsburgh with all its factories and huge institutional buildings, and finally to the city's environmentally conscious renaissance that began in the mid-twentieth century. In doing so, he shows why Pittsburgh has consistently been rated among the top three American cities for buildings by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and how the city once famous for embracing industry and pollution is now preaching the gospel of clean air and "green" architecture."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Buildings of the United States ; v. 11

Uniform Title

Buildings of the United States ; 11th.

Subject

• Architecture > Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Contents

Introduction to Pittsburgh's architecture -- Ch. 1. The Golden Triangle -- Ch. 2. Oakland -- Ch. 3. South side and the Monongahela Valley -- Ch. 4. North side and the Allegheny Valley -- Ch. 5. McKees Rocks and the Ohio Valley -- Ch. 6. The Pittsburgh neighborhood : a question of physiognomy -- Ch. 7. On the Parkway East -- Ch. 8. Early settlers and trolley suburbs -- Ch. 9. Day trips from Pittsburgh.

ISBN

• 9780813926582 (hardcover)
• 0813926580 (hardcover)
• 9780813926506 (pbk.)
• 0813926505 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007022859

OCLC

• ocn140106672
• 140106672
• SCSB-5359400

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries