
Grant Building - Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 26.272 W 079° 59.867
17T E 585000 N 4476840
Quick Description: The Grant Building is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh. It is located at 330 Grant St. One of its features is a beacon which flashes Pittsburgh in Morse Code.
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 4/22/2008 6:59:42 PM
Waymark Code: WM3N13
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Long Description:
The Grant Building, 330 Grant St., a modern skyscraper of
limestone, brick, and Belgian granite, designed by Henry
Hornboastel, has 40 stories above ground, and five below for
parking. It was named for James Grant, whose advance guard in the
attack on Fort Duquense in 1758 was routed by the French. On the
roof is the world's largest neon air beacon, blinking
P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H in Morse code, and visible for 150 miles on a
clear night. The third floor occupied by KDKA, 'the pioneer
broadcasting station of the world.' A public observation deck (open
9-5 daily; adm 25c) is on the 37th floor.
---Pennsylvania, A Guide to the Keystone State, 1940
From
Wikipedia:
The Grant Building is one of the major distinctive and recognizable
features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The
tower is located on and named for Pittsburgh's Grant Street
corridor where most of the city's major corporations and government
offices are located.
The Grant Building was completed in 1930 and it has thirty-seven
floors. It rises 485 feet or 148 meters above downtown Pittsburgh.
The art deco building's facade is built with Belgian granite,
limestone, and brick. It was famous for a radio antenna that rose
roughly 100–150 feet from the roof of the tower which had an
aviation beacon that spelled out P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H in Morse Code.
The beacon could be seen as far away as 150 miles on clear nights.
A smaller version of the beacon, still flashing out the name of the
city, remains to this day.
The tower on the roof also served as the broadcast signal for
the world's first radio station KDKA Pittsburgh.
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