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  • The Stanley

    Entrance and marquee

    The Stanley was designed as a silent-movie palace, but opened in 1928, just as talkies were making a revolution in the movie business. The architects were the Hoffman-Henon Company of Philadelphia. It was the biggest theater in Pittsburgh when it opened, and as the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts it is still our biggest theater now.

    Stanley Theater
    Marquee
    Benedum Center
    A picture of the Loew’s Penn, now known as Heinz Hall, that got stuck in here by accident. Father Pitt would have taken it out, except that a kind commenter identified it, and old Pa Pitt does not like to disappear his mistakes,
    Niche
    Benedum Center
    Canon PowerShot SX150 IS; Nikon COOLPIX P100.

    The skyscraper behind the theater is the Clark Building, which was built at the same time and designed by the same architects as part of the same development package.

    More pictures of the Stanley Theater.

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  • Gerber Carriage Company Building

    Gerber Carriage Company

    Rutan & Russell were the architects of this Renaissance palace, which opened in 1905. It’s also known as the Oppenheimer Building, and today as Aria Cultural District Lofts.

    Ghost signs

    You can still see the sign for the Gerber Carriage Co. at the top of the building.

    Gerber Carriage Company
    Canon PowerShot SX150IS.

    Map.

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