PITTSBURGH | Tower at PNC Plaza | 545 FT / 166 M | 32 FLOORS - Page 7

Austinlee · #**121** Posted: **Feb 2, 2012, 12:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbana

(image credit: PNC Financial Services)

I like how everything behind the tower is photoshopped "kowloon style" infill from hong kong or something.

RobertWalpole · #**122** Posted: **Feb 2, 2012, 1:56 AM**

Great tower. Pittsburgh has some hot chicks too!

Austinlee · #**123** Posted: **Feb 2, 2012, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

Great tower. Pittsburgh has some hot chicks too!

What, in the renderings or in real life? lol.
If you mean real life, i'm pretty sure every city in the world has hot women... But we'll take the compliment i suppose.

gallacus · #**124** Posted: **Feb 13, 2012, 9:07 PM**

After I loaded the SketchUp that someone posted earlier into my Google Earth and looked around from different vantage points, I was surprised how little this building affects the skyline. There's really only one prominent vantage point in the city (Grandview Ave.) where it isn't either concealed or lumped in with a cluster of adjacent buildings. Not that that's a bad thing, I just assumed it would really change the skyline from almost every vantage point.

Zapatan · #**125** Posted: **Feb 13, 2012, 10:42 PM**

mm.. like this tower a lot

Austinlee · #**126** Posted: **Feb 16, 2012, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by gallacus

After I loaded the SketchUp that someone posted earlier into my Google Earth and looked around from different vantage points, I was surprised how little this building affects the skyline. There's really only one prominent vantage point in the city (Grandview Ave.) where it isn't either concealed or lumped in with a cluster of adjacent buildings. Not that that's a bad thing, I just assumed it would really change the skyline from almost every vantage point.

Yeah, not surpising. Pittsburgh is dense with several large tower clusters. People were expecting the recently completed 3PNC/Reed Smith tower to make an impact but from many angles you can't see it at all.

Nothing under about 650+ft is even going to stand out unless it is strategically placed.

TBone7281 · #**127** Posted: **Feb 17, 2012, 1:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by PA Pride

Yeah, not surpising. Pittsburgh is dense with several large tower clusters. People were expecting the recently completed 3PNC/Reed Smith tower to make an impact but from many angles you can't see it at all.

Nothing under about 650+ft is even going to stand out unless it is strategically placed.

Which is kind of a nice problem to have imo.

Urbana · #**128** Posted: **Feb 17, 2012, 10:16 PM**

Sure is!

Evergrey · #**129** Posted: **Feb 17, 2012, 10:19 PM**

That's why PNC should've made this building at least 700 feet.

Brandon716 · #**130** Posted: **Feb 17, 2012, 11:21 PM**

Very nice design. PNC seems to be on a building spree after building a skyscraper only a few years ago a few blocks away.

chucka · #**131** Posted: **Feb 23, 2012, 6:45 PM**

Demolition has started:

shakman · #**132** Posted: **Feb 23, 2012, 7:11 PM**

Excellent. This is going to be a highrise I will look forward to watching it rise.

...I hope there is no time lapse between demo and construction.

Austinlee · #**133** Posted: **Feb 23, 2012, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by chucka

Demolition has started:

Out with the old!

Urbana · #**134** Posted: **Feb 26, 2012, 4:22 AM**

Just noticed, there is now a drawing of the Tower at PNC Plaza on the Pittsburgh city diagram. Cool!

THE BIG APPLE · #**135** Posted: **Feb 26, 2012, 5:29 AM**

I love the design BUT Pittsburgh is one of those cities that looks fine with a small skyline. I would describe it as the mini-Hong Kong on the U.S. The landscape makes the city. Development is great, but Pittsburgh is one of those cities that I don't want to see a thousand footer in (which was gonna happen in the 70's). If every city on this planet (was the same) had a massive skyline, then skyscrapers wouldn't be fun. Being different is GOOD.

Gilamonster · #**136** Posted: **Feb 29, 2012, 2:19 AM**

The scaffolding has been completely removed from the Wood St. Side of the site. Actually,
I think it is gone from the site completely. Today, there were some employees from Equitable Gas doing some work when I was there around 4:00. Most of the buildings were spray painted with large orange "G", "W", and "E" letters. Most if not all of the "G"'s
and "W"'s had a slash through them. My complete guess is that the letters stand for gas water and electric and the slash represents the buildings utilities being turned off and prepped for demolition. Disappointingly, about half of the wire fence surrounding the perimeter has now been covered with black cloth.

Gilamonster · #**137** Posted: **Mar 6, 2012, 4:46 AM**

Photographers unite! Rapid progress is happening on site. The building at the corner of Wood & Forbes is already almost demolished to street level. Sitting on the rubble is a piece of heavy equipment ready to do more damage. At 9 PM, there were workers on site, in the former Rite Aid. Unfortunately, I myself can not post many pics as my current internet access is limited to a smart phone. I do hope to be able to get some current day pics on here Wednesday, as I will have access to a Laptop.

chucka · #**138** Posted: **Mar 8, 2012, 1:24 PM**

Two pictures from yesterday. Three buildings gone.

Additionally, there is a webcam here:
http://www.pncsites.com/pnctower/pncWebCamVideo2.html

Austinlee · #**139** Posted: **Mar 8, 2012, 3:28 PM**

Nice pics chucka, thanks!

mrnyc · #**140** Posted: **Mar 8, 2012, 7:16 PM**

wow the pnc tower is badazz. excellent~!