Downtown in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Stanwix Art Facade Project

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 11, 2020

1. The Stanwix Art Facade Project Marker

Inscription.
The banners seen above are the result of a unique collaboration between private commercial interests and the City of Pittsburgh to create a public art installation on a scale rarely seen. Large format banners convert the byas of a parking garage into a canvas featuring a sampling of noteworthy individuals who, through their significant contributions and accomplishments, both in and beyond the City, have helped make Pittsburgh great. From industrialists to activists, poets, and songbirds, to the indigenous people who first inhabited the land, these people are part of the story we share and will always be on our map. They, and we, are Pittsburgh.

1. Thaddeus Mosley
2. Asa Philip Randolph
3. Gertrude Stein
4. August Wilson
5. Dakota Staton
6. Mary Lou Williams
7. Art Blakey
8. Queen Aliquippa
9. Andrew Carnegie
10. Antique Map of Pittsburgh
11. Rachel Carson
12. Andy Warhol
13. Roberto Clemente

Erected 2019 by City of Pittsburgh, Public Art and Civic Design Division, Department of City Planning; Joco Sky LP / Nexus Real Estate, Urban Growth Properties / Interpark.

Topics. This historical marker

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is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Industry & Commerce • Law Enforcement.

Location. 40° 26.603′ N, 80° 0.285′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Stanwix Street, on the right when traveling east on Fort Duquesne Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 625 Stanwix St, Pittsburgh PA 15222, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roberto Clemente Bridge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 11, 2020

2. The Stanwix Art Facade Project Marker

line); Heinz Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Early Baseball in Pittsburgh (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Three Sisters Bridges (approx. 0.2 miles away); William Stanley Mazeroski (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Bear Tavern (approx. ¼ mile away); Aria Cultural District Lofts (approx. ¼ mile away); Mayor Thomas J. Murphy, Jr Trail (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Work Accidents and the Law (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Additional keywords. LGBT, LGBTQ, 🏳️‍🌈

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 294 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

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