A commercial building like a thousand others in the city, but nicely restored, with attractively varied brickwork and a subtle polychrome scheme to pick out the details of the trim. Because old Pa Pitt happened to be out for a walk in the neighborhood, we get to see it from all angles.
Addendum: The building was put up in about 1911, and the architect was the extremely local William J. Gray,1 whose address was almost directly across the street. When this building was finished, however, Gray moved his office into it.
In most cities you can ask how many floors a building is and get a reasonable answer. In Pittsburgh, that’s a complicated question.
A 1930 picture of the building shows the upper floor being used for pool, bowling, and basketball.
- Source: “New Business Block in Beechview,” Pittsburg Press, December 4, 1910. ↩︎
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