Citizens Financial Center
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Citizens Financial Center is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline. The tower is named for the Citizens Financial Corporation, a regional banking firm throughout the U.S. Northeast.
Citizens Financial Center was completed in 1951 and it has 41 floors. It rises 518 feet or 158 meters above Downtown Pittsburgh. It is located at William Penn Place and Forbes Avenue.
The structure was historically known as the Global Headquarters for both Mellon Financial and U.S. Steel when it opened in 1951. Although U.S. Steel moved into U.S. Steel Tower in 1970, Mellon Financial kept the tower as its headquarters into the early 1980's when it eventually moved HQ to One Mellon Center. Mellon Financial kept the skyscraper as Three Mellon Center using the office space as a secondary base. In the late 1990's however Mellon built a modern LEED certified Operations Skyscraper closer to its Grant Street Global Headquarters and sold its retail banking locations to Citizens Financial, Citizens as part of the deal moved its regional headquarters to the skyscraper on William Penn Place.
Although its global headquarters are elsewhere, the Pittsburgh tower represents the most identifiable and tallest structure with the "Citizens Financial" name on it.
