| Grant Building | |
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| Grant Building Pittsburgh.jpg View of the Grant Building from Mt. Washington. |
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| General information | |
| Type | Offices |
| Location | 310 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | 1930 |
| Cost | $5.5 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 485 ft (148 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 40 |
| Floor area | 400,000 sq ft (37,161 m2) |
| Elevator count | 12 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Dwight P. Robinson & Company |
| Architect | Henry Hornbostel with Eric Fisher Wood |
| Developer | W. J. Strassburger |
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, which has historically been the hub of the city's corporate and governmental operations.
The Grant Building was completed in 1930 and it has thirty-seven floors. It rises 485 feet (148 m) 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 (240 km) on clear nights. A smaller version of the beacon, still flashing out the name of the city remains to this day, although malfunctions with the older technology have caused it to spell Pittsburgh as "P-I-T-E-T-S-B-K-R-R-H".[1] As of July 27, 2009, the beacon was repaired and it again spells out Pittsburgh.
The tower on the roof also served as the broadcast antenna for radio station KDKA Pittsburgh. The radio station made its first broadcast from the building's third floor.[1]
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