Grant Building (Q5596127)

  • matcher place: Pittsburgh (relation 188553), Allegheny County (relation 2563472)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Art Deco architecture in Pennsylvania, Henry Hornbostel buildings, Office buildings completed in 1929, Skyscraper office buildings in Pittsburgh
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Grant Building is 40-story, 147.8 m (485 ft) skyscraper at 310 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building was completed and opened on February 1, 1929 at a cost of $5.5 million ($86.8 million today). The Art Deco building's facade is built with Belgian granite, limestone, and brick. It was famous for a radio antenna that rose roughly 100–150 feet (30–46 m) from the roof of the tower and had an aviation beacon that spelled out .--. .. - - ... -... ..- .-. --. .... or P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H in Morse Code. The beacon could be seen as far away as 150 miles (240 km) on clear nights. A smaller version of the beacon, still flashing out the name of the city remains to this day, although malfunctions with the relay switch caused it to spell "P-I-T-E-T-S-B-K-R-R-H", and eventually "T-P-E-B-T-S-A-U-R-G-H" before being repaired on July 27, 2009.

Wikidata location: 40.4375, -79.9975 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Grant Building (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Grant Building
height: 149
building: yes
wikidata: Q5596127
addr:city: Pittsburgh
wikipedia: en:Grant Building
start_date: 1930
addr:street: Grant Street
addr:postcode: 15219
building:levels: 40
addr:housenumber: 310-330

wikidata match: Q5596127

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