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Lion on the Colonial Trust Building

Another Fourth Avenue lion ornament, on a building that was a later work of Frederick Osterling.

April 18, 2020
Lion on the Commercial National Bank Building

No street in Pittsburgh, and possibly in the country, is denser with lions than Fourth Avenue. These little lions decorate the Commercial National Bank building by Alden & Harlow, one of the small but richly ornate banks that filled in the gaps between the famous bank towers.

April 1, 2020
Dollar Bank Lions

Your money is safe, because these lions, though they are invariably friendly to customers, will not tolerate thieves at all. The originals were sculpted by Max Kohler in 1871; they have been moved inside the lobby for preservation and replaced with these painstakingly accurate duplicates.

January 10, 2020
Lions on the People’s Savings Bank Tower

These distinctive lion heads hold up the arch of the tympanum over the Wood Street entrance to the People’s Savings Bank tower.

September 20, 2019
Lions on the Arrott Building

The Arrott Building is the most lavishly ornamented of the Fourth Avenue bank towers. The ornaments near the top may be best appreciated from another one of the Fourth Avenue bank towers—or with a very long lens from the street.

September 6, 2019
Lion on the Keystone Bank Building

A splendid lion roars over the entrance to the Keystone Bank Building on Fourth Avenue.

Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

July 27, 2019