11 Stanwix Street, formerly known as Westinghouse Tower, is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown
Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania
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, USA. The tower was originally built and named for the
Westinghouse Corporation; in 1999 that company went through a restructuring and moved its headquarters to its longtime research park in the suburb of
Monroeville, before expansions in their operations necessitated a move to a larger suburban complex in
Cranberry Township. As of June 2009, the building tenants are
IBM, the
Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the advertising firm Brunner, and the local headquarters of
KeyCorp
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11 Stanwix Street was completed on November 24, 1969,
and has 23 floors. It rises 355 feet (108 meters) above Downtown Pittsburgh and is located along the
Monongahela River
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. A ten-story building that once served as the city's main post was previously located on this site.
File:westinghousepgh.jpg, View from Point State Park showing First Niagara signage.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to over 125 completed high-rise buildings of at least , 32 of which exceed . The tallest building in Pittsburgh is the 64-story U.S. Steel Tower, which r ...
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Skyscraper office buildings in Pittsburgh
Headquarters in the United States
Harrison & Abramovitz buildings
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Office buildings completed in 1969