Stanwix Street is a street nearly half a mile long near The Point in

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. Running south from the

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to the

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, it is the western terminus of

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, and intersects 8 other streets. On it sits PPG Place and Fifth Avenue Place, the 3rd and 4th tallest buildings in Pittsburgh.

History

Stanwix Street consists of the former Fifth Street (originally called Pitt Street) and the former Ferry Street, to the respective north and south of Liberty Avenue. Both of those former streets date back to the original town plan of 1784. Fifth Street was renamed Stanwix Street in 1910 in honor of British General

John Stanwix John Stanwix (born about 1690, England; died at sea, 29 October 1766) was a British soldier and politician. Background He was born John Roos, the son of Rev. John Roos, rector of Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire. In 1725 he succeeded to the estates o ...

, who led the construction of Fort Pitt. Stanwix Street was extended southward by incorporating Ferry Street in 1955. The

Great Fire of Pittsburgh The Great Fire of Pittsburgh occurred on April 10, 1845, destroying a third of the city and causing between $6 million and $12 million in damage. While having little effect on the culture of the city except to spur further growth, it would provide ...

of April 10, 1845, began on Ferry Street, which is now the southern portion of Stanwix Street.

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