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Gateway Center (Pittsburgh)

Redevelopment site in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Summary

Redevelopment site in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
name	Gateway Center
settlement_type	Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
image_skyline	File:Gateway Towers, Gateway Center Complex, and Pittsburgh Hilton.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Gateway Towers, 1–3 Gateway Center, and Pittsburgh Hilton
image_map	pgh_locator_central_business_district.svg
mapsize	300px
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_type3	City
subdivision_name1	Pennsylvania
subdivision_name2	Allegheny County
subdivision_name3	Pittsburgh
elevation_footnotes

Gateway Center is a complex of office, residential, and hotel buildings covering 25 acre in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It lies between Commonwealth Place and Stanwix Street at the western edge of the central business district, immediately to the east of Point State Park. Construction of the Gateway Center was one of the earliest urban renewal projects in the United States and part of Pittsburgh's Renaissance I programs which reshaped large sections of the city. The project was developed by the Equitable Life Assurance Society and built between 1950 and 1969.

In May 2013, the National Park Service designated a historic district named the "Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District" which encompasses both the Gateway Center and neighboring Point State Park. All of the Gateway Center buildings were designated as contributing properties in the district except for one, the former State Office Building, which was considered to have lost its architectural integrity due to a 1980s remodeling.

History

The [[Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal]] was demolished to make way for Gateway Center

Plans were developed during World War II to redevelop the dense and "blighted" forks of the Ohio River into both Point State Park and a "Gateway" of offices. It was announced as fully financed on September 21, 1949, when the Equitable Life Assurance Society agreed to underwrite the project after securing lease agreements from Westinghouse, Mellon Financial and other major corporations. On May 8, 1950, work began to clear the Gateway Center site for the new development. Although mainly a run down warehouse district the Center did require the demolition of the 1904 Beaux Arts 11 floor Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal.

View of 1–3 Gateway Center looking east from Fort Duquesne shortly after construction in 1952.

Most of the existing streets and buildings were wiped away, giving the developers a clean slate to re-imagine the area as a "towers in a park" concept based on the urban planning ideas of Le Corbusier. In 2004, One, Two, Three, and Four Gateway Center were purchased by Hertz Investment Group, a Los Angeles, California, based real estate investment company, for US$55 million.

Buildings

The original Gateway Center development included a total of ten buildings: eight office buildings, one residential building, and one hotel. One of the office buildings, the State Office Building, was later converted to residential use. As of 2021, Gateway Center consists of four buildings.

Name	Image	Location	Year built	Notes
One Gateway Center	[[File:1gatewaycenter.jpg	100px]]	420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.	1952
Two Gateway Center	[[File:2gatewaycenter.jpg	100px]]	603 Stanwix St.	1952
Three Gateway Center	[[File:3gatewaycenter.jpg	100px]]	401 Liberty Ave.	1952
Four Gateway Center	[[File:4gatewaycenter.jpg	100px]]	444 Liberty Ave.	1960
Gateway Towers	[[File:Gateway_Towers,_Pittsburgh,_2015-05-10,_01.jpg	100px]]	320 Fort Duquesne Blvd.	1964	No longer part of Gateway Center
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building	[[File:BellTelephoneCompanyofPittsburghPA.jpg	100px]]	201 Stanwix St.	1957	No longer part of Gateway Center
River Vue (State Office Building)	[[File:River Vue building, May 17 2013.jpg	100px]]	300 Liberty Ave.	1957	No longer part of Gateway Center
Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown (Pittsburgh Hilton)	[[File:Wyndham at Point State Park, Pittsburgh, 11 October, 2014.jpg	100px]]	600 Commonwealth Pl.	1959	Not part of Gateway Center, but adjacent to the Gateway Center parklike plaza area
United Steelworkers Building (IBM Building)	[[File:United Steelworkers Building, Pittsburgh, 2019-12-12.jpg	100px]]	60 Boulevard of the Allies	1964	No longer part of Gateway Center, but sometimes referred to as Five Gateway Center.
11 Stanwix Street (Westinghouse Building)	[[File:11 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh.jpg	100px]]	11 Stanwix St.	1969	No longer part of Gateway Center, but sometimes referred to as Six Gateway Center.

The 625 Stanwix Towers building is within the Gateway Center boundaries but was not an official part of the development. One other building on the site, the Pittsburgh Press Building, predates the Gateway Center project.

Major tenants

KDKA-TV studios in One Gateway Center (CBS Broadcast Center Pittsburgh).
Gateway Health Plan in Four Gateway Center.
Industrial Appraisal Company, corporate headquarters in Two Gateway Center

References

(May 10, 1958). "Gateway Center Put Securely in Black As Long-Range Project". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(May 2, 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pittsburgh Renaissance Historic District". National Park Service.
"Downtown Pittsburgh Walking Tour: Gateway Center". Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
[https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2013-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 4/29/13 THROUGH 5/03/13], [[National Park Service]], 2013-05-10. Accessed 2013-05-13.
"Star-News - Google News Archive Search".
(November 21, 1969). "Gateway's Newest 'Jewel' in Place". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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