Oxford Centre

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Oxford Centre
View of One Oxford Centre from Mt. Washington
Status	Complete
Constructed	1983
Use	Office
Height
Roof	615 ft (187 m)
Floor count	46

One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States. Although it is mainly identified by its main tower, it is actually a complex of six "buildings," all of matching glass and steel design. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the building owner.

Completed in 1983, One Oxford Centre has 46 floors in its main tower and rises 615 feet (187 meters) above Downtown Pittsburgh. Although its address is simply One Oxford Centre, the building is located on the 300 block of Grant Street. The tower has nearly 1.5 million square feet of office and high-end retail space and has a full service health/business club inside of it, The Rivers Club. The complex also contains a multi-level parking garage and some street level retail and office space one block west of Grant Street.

At night, forty-three 1,500-watt spotlights illuminate the Centre with a total of 54,500 watts that create a glowing effect that is said to be greater than any other highrise in the United States. One Oxford Centre was developed by Oxford Development Company and designed by famed architect Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum.

A composite image of the main tower of PPG Place and Oxford Centre is used as the Fiddler's Green luxury high-rise in the movie Land of the Dead. Another interesting fact is that a street (Cherry Way) passes through the tower on its lower levels.

[edit] References

Toker, Franklin (2007). Buildings of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh: Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians; Santa Fe: Center for American Places ; Charlottesville: In association with the University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0-8139-2650-5.

Preceded by Gulf Tower	Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Height 615 feet (187 m) 46 floors	Succeeded by Highmark Place
Preceded by Mellon Center	Pittsburgh Skyscrapers by Year of Completion 1983	Succeeded by PPG Place