The tops of Victorian commercial buildings reflected in a 1920s building across the street.
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Victorian Reflections on Carson Street, South Side
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Wood Street Building (300 Sixth Avenue Building)
A Daniel Burnham design built for the McCreery & Company department store, this building opened in 1904. It originally had a classical base with a pair of arched entrances on Wood Street, but beginning in 1939 it had various alterations, so that nothing remains of the original Burnham design below the fourth floor. This was one of Burnham’s more minimalistic designs; in it we see how thin the wall can be between classicism and modernism.
Below, an abstract composition with elements of this building reflected in Two PNC Plaza across the street.
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Clouds
Reflected in the glass of Tower Two-Sixty.
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More Reflections of St. Paul’s
Reflections of the towers of St. Paul’s Cathedral in the windows of the Software Engineering Institute.
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Abstract Patterns at PPG Place
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Reflection of the Union National Bank Building
The top of the Union National Bank Building (now the Carlyle luxury apartments) reflected in the Patterson Building.
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More Reflections of St. Paul’s
The Software Engineering Institute gives us an unending parade of reflections of the landmarks around it. The curved wall at the main entrance is particularly productive of interesting effects. Below, for example, what appears to be a reflection of the twin spires of St. Paul’s is actually, on closer examination, the same spire reflected twice.
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The Arrott Building Reflected
The wonderfully elaborate top of the Arrott Building reflected in the Patterson Building.
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Institute Calls to Institute
The titanic columns of the Mellon Institute reflected in the Software Engineering Institute.
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Reflected Towers of Fourth Avenue
Left to right: Arrott Building, Investment Building, Benedum-Trees Building.
