Downtown Walking Tour: Penn-Liberty Cultural District

Friday, September 8
10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

$20.00 per person

This tour is limited to 20 participants. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on September 7.

Purchase a ticket below.

The Penn-Liberty corridor in Downtown Pittsburgh was an important retail and commercial center in the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring excellent examples of early skyscrapers standing cheek-by-jowl with more modest structures. Today, after a decades-long period of decline in the mid-20^th century, it is the site of a thriving arts scene, much of it housed in stunning historic buildings that have been restored and creatively repurposed. In addition to seeing many such examples of historic preservation in action, tour participants will learn of the crucial roles of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PHLF in creating what has been called the country’s “most impressive and successful” example of urban economic revitalization through the arts.

Tour Meeting Point: Katz Plaza, corner of Penn Avenue and Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh 15219

Tour Ending Point: Across from Heinz Hall, near the corner of Penn Avenue and Sixth Street

Please arrive 10 minutes before the 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.