Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh)

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, built in 1911, at 5th Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard.

Fifth Avenue is one of the longest streets in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It begins downtown and moves eastward for over five miles (9 km).^[1] Fifth Avenue passes by the Carlow University, the Cathedral of Learning and other buildings of the University of Pittsburgh, and WQED in Oakland, then forms the borders between Shadyside on the north and Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze to the south. Finally, after passing Chatham University, The Ellis School, and Mellon Park, it turns north and forms the border between Larimer on the west and North Point Breeze and Homewood (Pittsburgh) on the east. At the intersection with Frankstown Avenue its name becomes Washington Boulevard (PA 8) and descends a branch of Negley Run to meet Allegheny River Boulevard (PA 130) near the Highland Park Bridge.

At least 30 streets either cross or intersect with Fifth Avenue, including Penn Avenue, which intersects it twice (once in Downtown and again near Point Breeze). Forbes Avenue parallels it from Downtown through Uptown and Oakland before diverging at the University of Pittsburgh; they form a one-way pair through Uptown and Oakland (Forbes from Downtown toward Oakland, Fifth from Oakland toward Downtown).

Photographs

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  Howe-Childs Gate House, built around 1861 by Thomas Marshall Howe, at 5918 Fifth Avenue.

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  Negley-Gwinner-Harter House, built in 1870 and 1871, at 5061 Fifth Avenue.

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  Allegheny County Courthouse, built in 1884, bounded by Fifth and Forbes Avenues, as well as Grant and Ross Streets.

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  Music Building of the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1884, on the corner of Fifth and Bellefield Avenues.

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  Former Allegheny County Jail, connected to the Allegheny County Courthouse by the Bridge of Sighs, finished in 1886. Located at Ross Street and Fifth Avenue.

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  Sunnyledge (former McClelland House), built in 1886, at 5136 Fifth Avenue.

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  The 1889 bell tower from the former Bellefield Presbyterian Church is all that remains in front of the University of Pittsburgh's Bellefield Towers building at the corner of Fifth and Bellefield Avenues.

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  Fifth Avenue High School, built in 1894, at 1800 5th Avenue.

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  William Pitt Union, the student building of the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1898, bounded by Fifth Avenue, Bigelow Boulevard, and Forbes Avenue.

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  Frick Building, built in 1902, at Grant Street and Fifth Avenue.

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  Third Presbyterian Church, completed in 1903, at the intersection of Fifth and Negley Avenues (5701 Fifth Avenue).

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  Cathedral of Saint Paul in Pittsburgh, completed in 1906, at the corner of 5th Avenue and N. Craig Street.

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  Rodef Shalom Temple, built in 1906, at 4905 5th Avenue.

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  Willis McCook House, built in 1906 and 1907, at 5105 Fifth Avenue.

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  Market at Fifth by Market Square, located at 130 Fifth Avenue. Contains a few or more buildings, some built in 1908, some circa 1870s.

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  Pittsburgh Athletic Association, built in 1911, at 4215 5th Avenue.

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  Clock at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street (on the left side of the Macy's building), built in 1913.

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  Buhl Building, built in 1913, at 204 5th Avenue.

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  Moreland-Hoffstot House, built in 1914, at 5057 5th Avenue.

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  Alumni Hall of the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1915, at Fifth and Lytton Avenues.

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  Union Trust Building, built in 1917, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Grant Street (501 Grant Street).

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  Schenley Quadrangle and Amos Hall of the University of Pittsburgh, built from 1922 to 1924, located on 5th Avenue.

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  Former Mellon National Bank Building (now Lord & Taylor Department Store), built from 1923 to 1924, located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street (514 Smithfield Street).

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  Cathedral of Learning, built in 1926, bounded by Fifth, Forbes, and S. Bellefield Avenues and Bigelow Boulevard.

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  Central Catholic High School, established in 1927, at 4720 Fifth Avenue.

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  Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy, built in 1927, at Thackeray Street and Fifth Avenue.

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  Former Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC building located on 5th Avenue. Originally built in 1927, with additions and renovations circa 1950s to 1986.

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  UPMC Montefiore at 3459 5th Avenue, built in 1927, but with modern additions and renovations.

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  Falk Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh, at 3601 Fifth Avenue. Built in 1931, but with modern renovations.

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  Medical Arts Building of the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1932, at the corner of Fifth and Oakland Avenues.

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  Mellon Institute of Industrial Research of Carnegie Mellon University, built in 1937, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and S. Bellefield Avenue.

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  Mellon Park, established 1943 (gardens designed in 1912), at the corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues in Point Breeze.

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  Kaufmann Medical Building of the University of Pittsburgh, built circa 1950, on 5th Avenue.

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  WQED's headquarters on Fifth Avenue, opened in 1954, the first public television station in the United States.

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  Clapp Hall, built in 1956, part of the University of Pittsburgh's Clapp/Langley/Crawford Complex, at 4249 Fifth Avenue.

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  Parran Hall of the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1957, at Fifth Avenue and N. Bouquet Street.

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  Litchfield Towers, dormitories at the University of Pittsburgh, built in 1963, bounded by Fifth Avenue, Forbes Avenue, and Bouquet Street.

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  One PNC Plaza (249 Fifth Avenue), built in 1972, tan building at center, flanked by Two PNC Plaza at left and Three PNC Plaza at right (201 Fifth Avenue).

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  BNY Mellon Center, built in 1983, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Grant Street (500 Grant Street).

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  Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, since 1984, at the corner of 5th Avenue and S. Dithridge Street.

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  Fifth Avenue Place (also called Highmark Place), built in 1988, at 5th Avenue and Liberty Avenue.

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  Biomedical Science Tower 3 of the University of Pittsburgh, built from 2003 to 2005, bounded by Fifth Avenue and Lothrop, Victoria, and Darragh Streets.

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  Rand Building, built from 2004 to 2006, at the corner of 5th Avenue and S. Craig Street.

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  Fifth Avenue in Bluff.

References

1. ↑ Google Maps (Map). https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=fifth+at+frankstown+15206&daddr=40.4479016,-79.9363574+to:fifth+at+penn+15222&via=1. Retrieved 8/24/12.