Skyscrapers of Pgh: Legacies of Steel and Stone | Thurs., April 24, 2025 | 1 – 4:30 PM
Location: tour meets at Koppers Conference Center
3.5 hours CE
Our Speaker:
Mark Houser is an author, professional speaker, and award-winning journalist who shares surprising and inspirational stories about the men and women behind America’s landmark skyscrapers. And he’s a great Pittsburgher!
Combining a walking tour and site visits with a classroom session, this course provides a history of skyscrapers in Pittsburgh focusing on three noteworthy examples. The city has a collection of landmark skyscrapers thanks to its great industrial wealth, making Pittsburgh an ideal showcase for these American innovations that rapidly came to dominate urban skylines around the world. Class will compare various architectural styles from pre-1900 to the modern era, discuss how they were built and who paid to build them, and demonstrate how skyscrapers today blend some original interiors with spaces repurposed and adapted for new use.
1:00 p.m. – Koppers Conference Center, 436 Seventh Ave., presentation “Skyscrapers of Pittsburgh: Legacies of Steel and Stone”
2:15 – Tour of Koppers Building Art Deco lobby and 29th floor balcony
3:00 – Depart for skyscraper tour #1 (Oliver Building)
3:45 – Depart for skyscraper tour #2 (LiveWell Building)
REGISTRATION OPTIONS:
- BY PHONE with credit card – 412-563-5200 x217 or x219
- BY MAIL with check – RAMP 1427 W. Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15226. (please include student names)
- ONLINE PAYMENT with credit card using the form below.