The Dollar Bank has never been the biggest or richest bank in the city, but the lions that flank the entrance certainly inspire confidence.
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Falling Up
Looking up into the rotunda of the Union Trust Building gives one the uncanny sensation of falling up into the vortex.
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Night and Day
It is the civic duty of every Pittsburgher who entertains out-of-town visitors to take them up to Mount Washington and show off the skyline. These two pictures were taken a few years ago, but the overall impression changes little.
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Sunset or Sunrise?
Stained glass from a mausoleum in Allegheny Cemetery. Is it a sunset or a sunrise? That depends, perhaps, on what we think of death.
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Curves and Angles
The dome of the Allegheny Observatory, Observatory Hill, painted gold by the declining sun.
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Egyptian Fantasy
The Winter mausoleum in Allegheny Cemetery is an Egyptian-revival fantasy. The bronze doors show Mr. Winter himself as a pharaoh embarking on his journey through the underworld.
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Downtown from West Park
The skyline of downtown Pittsburgh seen from West Park. The bare branches, jagged buildings, and high contrast of a cloudy winter day make the picture, taken with an old and slightly leaky folding camera, look like a steel engraving.
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Beauty in Texture
A carriage house in the West End. Beauty lies in ambush, waiting to jump out at us when our guard is down.
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Winter in the Garden
After the leaves have fallen, the bright red twigs of the red-twig dogwood make an unexpected flash of color in the outdoor gardens of Phipps Conservatory. In the background, out of focus, is the Cathedral of Learning.
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Fun with Granite
The Granite Building on Sixth Avenue is an exuberant riot of textures. Whatever ornamentation could be done with granite, it has been done here.