A lion’s-head ornament on the Shady Oak Apartments on the border of Shadyside and Oakland.
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Lion’s Head, Shady Oak Apartments
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Lion on the Keystone Bank Building
Fourth Avenue has a denser population of lions than anywhere else in Pittsburgh, and possibly anywhere else in North America.
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Commercial National Bank
This little bank on Fourth Avenue was originally designed by Alden and Harlow. The central section has been ruthlessly mutilated, with the elegant arch replaced by a cartoon suggestion of an arch. For reasons unknown, much of the rest of the building was left untouched (although it is pretty clearly missing its top), and the details there are enough to make it worth our while to stop and admire them.
Of course there are lions. How could there not be lions?
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The Lionhead, Shadyside
Twin lion heads guard the entrances to the Lionhead, an apartment building in Shadyside.
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Decorations on the Parkvale Building, Oakland
The richly decorated Parkvale Building on Forbes Avenue is currently under renovation, so we can hope that these splendid reliefs will continue to delight future generations of Pittsburghers.
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Lion on the Allegheny County Courthouse
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Lion on the Colonial Trust Building
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Lion on the Commercial National Bank Building
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Dollar Bank Lions
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Lions on the People’s Savings Bank Tower
