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Soldiers and Sailors Hall, Oakland
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A Second Empire Remnant, Oakland/Shadyside
The ground floor has changed significantly, but the rest of this building is a well-preserved remnant of the times when this part of the East End was a quiet exurb of dignified gentlemen’s houses. It seems to have been built in the 1870s or early 1880s, and may always have been a corner store, since—unlike its neighbors—it was built right against the streets. Today it is the last building of its time left on Fifth Avenue for blocks in either direction, a curious anomaly among the high-rise apartments, office blocks, and monumental landmarks. It sits on the corner of Neville Street, technically in Shadyside but culturally more part of Oakland (Neville Street is the neighborhood border on city planning maps).
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Masonic Temple, Oakland
Another magnificent clubhouse by Benno Janssen; it is now Alumni Hall of the University of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh Athletic Association
One of Benno Janssen’s masterpieces; here we see it from the Cathedral of Learning grounds.
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Software Engineering Institute
The Software Engineering Institute, Oakland, at twilight.
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Allegheny County Courthouse and Frick Building
Taken on film in 1999. Note the bus coming toward you; apparently old Pa Pitt has been taking bus-coming-toward-you pictures for at least twenty-three years.
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Mellon Institute at Twilight
The colossal columns of the Mellon Institute illuminated from within.
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St. Paul’s at the Blue Hour
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Soldiers and Sailors Hall at Night
Night views of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland.