DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR: GRANT STREET
October 31 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$25.00
Friday, October 31
10:00 a.m. – Noon
$25 per person
This tour is limited to 20 participants.
Purchase a ticket below. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on October 30.
Extending from the Monongahela River to Liberty Avenue, Grant Street is Downtown’s great civic thoroughfare, bringing to life Pittsburgh’s history through the street’s stellar architectural mix. On this one street, you will see the mark that Henry Clay Frick left through his real estate ventures and learn about the various avenues of authority through which Andrew W. Mellon made an impact on the cityscape. You will see the work of outstanding architects from Pittsburgh and beyond, and buildings ranging from a small stone church to the City’s tallest building. You will be wowed by an early-20th-century infrastructure project that literally changed the landscape. And you will discover how adaptive reuse of historic buildings in this corridor proves the value of historic preservation in sustaining the City’s heritage.
So whether history or architecture is your “thing,” join us for a walk along a remarkable street that the American Planning Association has dubbed one of the Great Places in America.
Tour meeting point: Corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue (Pittsburgh, PA 15219), near the parking lot
Tour ending point: Mellon Square, William Penn Place between Oliver and Sixth Avenues
Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time.
Accessibility: This tour is accessible to people with disabilities.
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All tour participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under the age of 13 may attend tours free of charge. 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.
All ticket sales are final.
