Why should the beautiful die?
A modern office building that makes a good symbol of what the North Shore has become: it has gone from flophouse slum to high-class corporate address in one generation.
There are so many spindly pieces of metal and steel cables on this building that we expect it to make noises like an out-of-tune guitar when the wind blows.
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I used to work in this building. I spent many a pleasant lunch on that 5th floor balcony, watching the city across the river. Being on the North Shore, with Deutschtown, Mexican War Streets, and the Golden Triangle a short bike ride or walk away for lunch, but not being stuck in the worst of city parking was the best of both worlds.
WABTEC (the old Westinghouse Airbrake) moved in when they finally fully abandoned their ancient home in Wilmerding in 2019 because too many executives were complaining about having to drive down there…. right before the pandemic made office location a moot point for a couple years anyway.
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