Father Pitt

Tag: Fountains

  • Fountain on Mellon Green

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    In the 1980s boom, Mellon Bank intended to build a whole clot of skyscrapers around One Mellon Center on Grant Street. This open lot was reserved for that expansion, but it never happened. Having given up on those grandiose plans, the current owners have turned it into a pleasant urban oasis with a fountain in the middle.

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    The Ross Street exit of the Steel Plaza subway station is right at the corner of Mellon Green.

  • A Fountain in Mellon Park

    Early November: the gaudy colors of the maples have fled, but the oaks and birches take over with richer and subtler tones. This fountain is a bit medieval, a bit magical, and a bit silly, which makes it just about perfect.