Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of

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. It is located at the confluence of the

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and the

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whose joining forms the

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. The triangle is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices for major corporations such as

PNC Bank The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27 states and the District of ...

U.S. Steel United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in severa ...

, PPG,

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Heinz The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six conti ...

, Federated Investors, and

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. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as

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, Henry Clay Frick,

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, Andrew Mellon and

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were made. It contains the site where the French fort,

Fort Duquesne Fort Duquesne (, ; originally called ''Fort Du Quesne'') was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans, and developed a ...

, once stood.

Location

The Central Business District is bounded by the

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r to the south, the

to the north, and I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) to the east. An expanded definition of Downtown may include the adjacent neighborhoods of Uptown/The Bluff, the Strip District, the North Shore, and the South Shore.

Transportation

Public transportation

Downtown is served by the

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's light rail subway system (known locally as the "T"), an extensive bus network, and two inclines ( Duquesne Incline and

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). The Downtown portion of the subway has the following stations: ''T Stations'' * Station Square on the South Shore in the Station Square development (street-level station) * First Avenue near First Avenue & Ross Street, Downtown (elevated station) *

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at Sixth Avenue & Grant Street, Downtown (underground station) * Penn Plaza near Liberty Avenue & Grant Street, Downtown (underground, limited service) * Wood Street at the triangular intersection of Wood Street, Sixth Avenue, and Liberty Avenue, Downtown (underground station) * Gateway Center at Liberty Avenue & Stanwix Street, Downtown (underground station) * North Side near General Robinson Street & Tony Dorsett Drive on the North Shore (underground station) * Allegheny near Allegheny Avenue & Reedsdale Street on the North Shore (elevated station) Downtown is also home to the

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train station connecting Pittsburgh with New York City,

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, and Washington, D.C. to the east and

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and Chicago to the west. Greyhound's Pittsburgh bus terminal is located across Liberty Avenue from the Amtrak Station, in the Grant Street Transportation Center building.

Highways

Major roadways serving Downtown from the suburbs include the "Parkway East" (

I-376 Interstate 376 (I-376) is a major auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania, located within the Allegheny Plateau. It runs from I-80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Tur ...

) from Monroeville, the "Parkway West" (

) from the

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area, and the "Parkway North" (

I-279 Interstate 279 (I-279), locally referred to as Parkway North, is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway that lies entirely within Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Its southern end is at I-376 at the Fort Pitt Bridge in Pittsburgh, an ...

) from the North Hills, and (

I-579 Interstate 579 (I-579) is a north–south Interstate Highway entirely within Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The highway is long. I-579 is also known as the Crosstown Boulevard since it crosses the backside of Downtown Pittsburgh. The northern term ...

) in Downtown Pittsburgh. Other important roadways are Pennsylvania Route 28, Pennsylvania Route 51, Pennsylvania Route 65, and

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. Three major entrances to the city are via tunnels: the Fort Pitt Tunnel and

Squirrel Hill Tunnel The Squirrel Hill Tunnel is a tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as an eastern gateway to the city for I-376 and was completed in 1953 after 8 years of construction and at a cost of US$18 million. At the time of openin ...

and the Liberty Tunnels. ''

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'' once called Pittsburgh "the only city with an entrance," specifically referring to the view of Downtown that explodes upon drivers immediately upon exiting the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Also traveling

south and

, the city "explodes into view" when coming around a turn in the highway.

Local streets

Downtown surface streets are based on two distinct grid systems that parallel the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. These two grids intersect along Liberty Avenue, creating many unusual street intersections. Furthermore, the Allegheny grid contains numbered streets, while the Monongahela grid contains numbered avenues. And, in fact, there are cases where these numbered roadways intersect, creating some confusion (i.e. the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 7th Street/6th Avenue). This unusual grid pattern leads to Pittsburghers giving directions in the terms of landmarks, rather than turn-by-turn directions.

Bridges

Pittsburgh is nicknamed "The City of Bridges". In Downtown, there are 10 bridges (listed below) connecting to points north and south. The expanded definition of Downtown (including the aforementioned surrounding neighborhoods) includes 18 bridges. Citywide there are 446 bridges. In Allegheny County the number exceeds 2,200. ''Downtown Bridges'' Dwntwnpgh27

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carries

(Previously

) between Downtown and the Fort Pitt Tunnel * Fort Duquesne Bridge carries

between Downtown and the North Shore * Smithfield Street Bridge carries Smithfield Street between Downtown and the South Shore *

Panhandle Bridge The Panhandle Bridge (officially the Monongahela River Bridge) carries two rail lines of the Port Authority "T" line across the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The name comes from Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary Pittsburgh, Ci ...

carries the city's light rail transit system between Downtown and the South Shore * Liberty Bridge connects the Liberty Tunnel to

Downtown *

Roberto Clemente Bridge The Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. History First bridge The original bridge at the site was a wooden covered bridge with six spans, ...

(formerly 6th St Bridge) connects 6th Street Downtown to Federal Street on the North Shore at PNC Park *

Andy Warhol Bridge Andy Warhol Bridge, also known as the Seventh Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh. It is the only bridge in the United States named for a visual artist. It was opened at a cost of $1.5 million on June 17, 1926, in a ...

(formerly 7th St Bridge) connects 7th Street Downtown to Sandusky Street on the North Shore at the Andy Warhol Museum *

Rachel Carson Bridge __NOTOC__ Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. The total length is including the main span and two side spans, or including the appr ...

(formerly 9th St Bridge) connects 9th Street Downtown to Anderson Street on the North Shore *

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carries freight and

trains from Downtown to the North Shore * Veterans Bridge carries

from Downtown to the North Side ''Bridges of Expanded Downtown'' *

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carries US Route 19 from the West End/South Shore to the North Shore/North Side just west of Downtown * 16th Street Bridge carries 16th Street from the Strip District to Chestnut Street on the North Side * West Penn Bridge (pedestrian/bike-only) is part of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail connecting the North Side to Washington's Landing on Herr's Island *

30th Street Bridge The 30th Street Bridge, is a girder bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Troy Hill and Herrs Island (known by the moniker of Washington's Landing). This is the fourth bridge ...

connects River Avenue on the North Side with Waterfront Drive on Washington's Landing at Herr's Island *

31st Street Bridge The William Raymond Prom Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the 31st Street Bridge, is an arch bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River between the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Troy Hill and the Strip District. The bridg ...

connects PA Route 28 on the North Side with 31st Street in the Strip District *

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connects the North Side to the Strip District and crosses Herr's Island * South 10th Street Bridge connects the Armstrong Tunnel at Second Avenue just east of Downtown with the South Side at South 10th Street *

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connects East Carson Street on the South Side with Fifth and Forbes avenues in Uptown

Downtown districts

Downtown contains a wealth of historic, cultural, and entertainment sites. While most people still consider the entire Downtown as one neighborhood, there are several significant subdistricts within the Golden Triangle. * The

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is a

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in the central business district. It is bounded by Wood Street, Forbes Avenue, Grant Street, and Liberty Avenue. It was listed on the

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(NRHP) on December 17, 1985. * Point State Park area: At the triangle's tip is Point State Park with its giant fountain and the Fort Pitt Museum. This park was the original site of both

by the French and the subsequent Fort Pitt by the British. * The Cultural District along Penn and Liberty avenues on the Allegheny River includes numerous theaters, galleries, and concert halls including

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, Byham Theater,

O'Reilly Theater The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat theater building, opened on December 11, 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Located at 621 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District, the O'Reilly Theater is actually a three-part building: The t ...

Benedum Center The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 237 7th Street in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Hoffman-He ...

, and

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as well as restaurants and housing. The Penn-Liberty Historic District encompasses the Penn & Liberty avenue corridor in the Cultural District. * The Fifth & Forbes Corridor is Downtown's shopping district along Fifth and Forbes avenues and includes historic

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. * The

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area is the seat of Pittsburgh's and

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's government and is also a prestigious corporate address with many of the city's tallest skyscrapers. * The Firstside neighborhood along the Boulevard of the Allies and Fort Pitt Boulevard adjacent to the Monongahela River is an educational and residential district. It is home to Point Park University and the

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both of which have high-rise student housing in the neighborhood. Numerous other residential projects are also under construction in this neighborhood.

Economy

Jobs located within the City of Pittsburgh, 1991-2007

Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density.

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economist Christopher Briem notes that the level of employment in the city has remained largely constant for the past 50 years: " hetime series of jobs located in the City proper are about as stable as any economic metric in the region, or in any other Northeastern US urban core, over many decades. In 1958,

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294,000 jobs located in the city proper…Those numbers are virtually identical today which tells me there is a certain limit to how many jobs can efficiently be located in what are some relatively (very) constrained areas." These numbers reflect employment in the city as a whole, not just the central business district; but the central business district has the highest density of employment of any Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh has long been a headquarters city, with numerous national and global corporations calling the Golden Triangle home. Currently, Downtown is still home to a large number of

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companies (7 in the metro area, 5 of which are in the city in 2022, which ranks Pittsburgh high nationally in Fortune 500 headquarters): *

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– co-headquartered in PPG Place *

PNC Financial Services The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27 U.S. state, states and the D ...

– headquartered in the Tower at PNC Plaza *

PPG Industries PPG Industries, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. By revenue it is ...

– headquartered in PPG Place *

WESCO International WESCO International, Inc. is an American publicly traded Fortune 500 holding company for WESCO Distribution, a multinational electrical distribution and services company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. WESCO International, Inc. is a provid ...

– headquartered at Station Square *

– headquartered at the

US Steel Tower The U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building or USX Tower (1988–2001), is a 64-story skyscraper at 600 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The interior has of leasable space. Standing tall, it is the List of talles ...

Downtown is also home to GNC, Dollar Bank,

Equitable Resources EQT Corporation is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline transport. It is headquartered in EQT Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EQT is the largest natural gas producer in the Appalachian Basin with 19.802 ...

Duquesne Light Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. (“DLH”) is an energy services holding company formed in 1989 to serve as the holding company for Duquesne Light Company and to engage in certain unregulated energy and related businesses. After a 2007 acquisitio ...

, Federated Investors and Highmark as well as the regional headquarters for Citizens Bank,

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, and Dominion Resources. Regional healthcare giant UPMC has its corporate headquarters in the

Major buildings

11 Stanwix Street 11 Stanwix Street, formerly known as Westinghouse Tower, is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The tower was originally built and named for the Westinghouse Electric (1886), Westingho ...

525 William Penn Place 525 William Penn Place (also known as the Citizens Bank Tower) is a skyscraper located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1951 for the Mellon National Bank and the U.S. Steel Corporation. At tall, it was the second-tall ...

* Allegheny County Courthouse *

* BNY Mellon Center * Byham Theater * City-County Building *

David L. Lawrence Convention Center The David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DLLCC) is a convention, conference and exhibition building in downtown Pittsburgh in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is served by two exits on Interstate 579. The initial David L. Lawrence ...

EQT Plaza EQT Plaza, formerly known as the CNG Tower and later the Dominion Tower, is a major and distinctive skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The structure was built for Consolidated Natural Gas, a regional energy company. In 1999, CNG was ...

* Fifth Avenue Place * Federated Tower
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
* Frick Building * Gateway Center * Grant Building * Gulf Tower *

K&L Gates Center K&L Gates Center is a skyscraper office building located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building (long known as One Oliver Plaza and briefly as FreeMarkets Center and later Ariba Center) was completed in 1968. It has 39 floors, and ri ...

* Koppers Tower *

Oxford Centre One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the developer and previous owner. Among the commercial tenants of One ...

Penn Station Pennsylvania Station is a name applied by the Pennsylvania Railroad to several of its grand passenger terminals. Pennsylvania Station or Penn Station may also refer to Current train stations * Baltimore Penn Station * Pennsylvania Station (Cinci ...

One PNC Plaza One PNC Plaza is a high-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the Unit ...

Two PNC Plaza Two PNC Plaza (once known as Equibank Plaza) is a high-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1976, it is 446 feet (136 m) in height and has 34 stories, making it the talles ...

Three PNC Plaza Three PNC Plaza is a tall skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was announced on December 19, 2005 and completed in 2009 with 23 floors. It was the tallest building constructed in the city since Highmark Tower was completed in 1988, until T ...

* Trinity Cathedral, downtown * PPG Place *

Regional Enterprise Tower The Alcoa Building (a.k.a. the Regional Enterprise Tower) is a skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1953 and has 31 floors. It is the 15th tallest building in the city and is adjacent to Mellon Square. A unique ...

* Union Trust Building *

* William S. Moorhead Federal Building

Hotels

Downtown is home to the following hotels: *

Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown (formerly the Hilton Pittsburgh) is a hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, with a prominent position in the Golden Triangle area adjacent to Point State Park, the Fort Pitt Museum and the Cultural District. Hilton annou ...

* Omni William Penn * Pittsburgh Marriott City Center * Renaissance Pittsburgh * Fairmont Pittsburgh * Westin Convention Center Hotel * Doubletree Pittsburgh City Center * Courtyard by Marriott Downtown * Cambria Suites Pittsburgh *

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(opens 2015) * Drury Hotel (opens 2015) *

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(under construction) *

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(located on the edge of the Strip District) * Sheraton Station Square (located in the South Shore's Station Square) *

SpringHill Suites SpringHill Suites is a brand operated by Marriott International offering all-suite hotels that target the upper-moderate lodging tier of the industry. As of June 30, 2020, it has 470 hotels with 55,595 rooms in addition to 187 hotels with 21,307 ...

(located on the North Shore) *

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(located on the North Shore) * Residence Inn by Marriott (located on the North Shore) * Holiday Inn Express (located on the South Side) * Distrikt Hotel

Parks and plazas

Downtown is home to numerous parks, large and small: * Point State Park at the tip of the Golden Triangle *

Mellon Square Mellon Square is an urban park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the first Modernism, Modernist park built above a parking garage. With its distinctive black, white and green geometric pa ...

located in the square between Oliver & Sixth avenues and Smithfield Street and William Penn Place *

Market Square The market square (or sometimes, the market place) is a Town square, square meant for trading, in which a market is held. It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world.Mellon Green Mellon Green is an urban park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The green, bounded by Grant Street, Ross Street, and Oliver and Sixth avenues, is surrounded by many prominent downtown buildings including the U.S. Steel Tower, BNY Mellon Cent ...

located at Grant Street & Sixth Avenue * FirstSide Park located between Grant & Ross streets and First & Second avenues. * Gateway Center plazas located around the Gateway Center skyscrapers near Liberty Avenue & Stanwix Street * Plaza at PPG Place near Third Avenue & Market Street *

Plaza at Grant Street & Sixth Avenue * Katz Plaza at Penn Avenue & Seventh Street * Triangle Park bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fifth Avenue & Market Street *

Allegheny Riverfront Park Allegheny Riverfront Park is a municipal park that runs along the south bank of the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh. It is a parcel of the Three Rivers Park, the city's grand urban waterfront park project along its rivers that will pro ...

along the

below Fort Duquesne Boulevard * Mon Wharf Landing along the

below Fort Pitt Boulevard (under construction) *

North Shore Riverfront Park North Shore Riverfront Park is a small municipal park along the north banks of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers across from Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. History and notable features This municipal park is a parcel of Three ...

opposite Downtown along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, part of the larger

Three Rivers Park Three Rivers Park is a public urban waterfront park along the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The park, under development since 2000, is currently defined by the boundaries of the West End Bridge over the ...

Educational facilities

While Pittsburgh's

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neighborhood is known as the educational center of the city, Downtown is home to several higher education institutions as well as a branch of the city's Carnegie Library system and a Pittsburgh Public Schools 6–12 school: * Point Park University * The

* Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts (also known as Pennsylvania Culinary Institute) *

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...

's Downtown branch * Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 *

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Residential areas

Downtown has several condos, including Gateway Towers and Chatham Place dating to the 1960s and more modern structures as well. There are over 5,000 apartment and condo units in Greater Downtown Pittsburgh.

Surrounding neighborhoods

* The Bluff/Uptown * Crawford-Roberts neighborhood in the

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* North Shore (across the Allegheny River) * South Shore (across the Monongahela River) * South Side Flats (across the Monongahela River) * Strip District

References

External links

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