Downtown’s Best: Special Places and Spaces

Thursday, August 1
9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

$30.00 per person (includes the guidebook Exploring Pittsburgh: A Downtown Walking Tour)
This tour is limited to 10 participants.
Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on July 31.

Purchase a ticket below.

Downtown Pittsburgh’s built environment is a remarkable array of buildings and places old, new, and restored. In this vigorous tour of twenty architectural landmarks, spectacular interiors, and significant urban spaces, you will learn how Pittsburgh developed from a military outpost in the 18^th century into the 21^st-century city that has repeatedly been lauded for its beauty, walkability, and livability. The tour also demonstrates how historic buildings have been preserved and maintain for contemporary uses.

Tour meeting point: Corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue (Pittsburgh, PA 15219), near the parking lot

Tour ending point: Plaza of PPG Place, 1 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time. Dress for the weather (PHLF tours proceed rain or shine!), and wear comfortable shoes. By purchasing a ticket for this tour, you acknowledge that you are physically able to undertake the tour, assume all personal risk during the tour, consent to being photographed during the tour, and permit PHLF to use your image in our communications.

This tour is handicap accessible. Please notify us of your needs two business days in advance of the tour.