Tag: Oriels

  • Bellefonte Apartments, Shadyside

    Bellefonte Apartments

    Georgian details applied to a pair of mirror-image apartment buildings on Elmer Street. The huge sunny bays might be described as exceptionally tall oriels, since they do not reach the ground, but instead terminate in surprisingly folksy carved wooden brackets.

    Bracket
    Bellefonte Apartments
    Pillar
    “Bellefonte”
    “Apartments”
    Entrance
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  • Corner Building in Point Breeze

    6741 Reynolds Street

    Acute-angled intersections are common in Pittsburgh, and in business districts they produce some odd-shaped buildings. This one in Point Breeze has been tastefully modernized with an eye for what is most distinctive about it. The oriel over the entrance on the corner is especially appealing.

    Corner building
    Oriel and corner entrance
    Oriel
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