The U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh.

U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the 33rd tallest in the United States. Completed in 1970, the tower stretches 64 floors to 841 ft (256 m) and has 2.3 million square feet of leaseable space. Its original name was the U.S. Steel Building for many years before it was changed to USX Tower in 1988. The name was finally changed back to the U.S. Steel Tower in January of 2002 to reflect U.S. Steel's new corporate identity (USX was the 1990s combined oil/energy/steel conglomerate.) U.S. Steel is the largest tenant of the building (occupying more than a half million square feet (46,452 m²) of office space). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1137x1936, 257 KB) Summary The U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh in February 2006. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1137x1936, 257 KB) Summary The U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh in February 2006. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country State County United States Pennsylvania Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area    - City 151. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... A hardwood floor (parquetry) is a popular feature in many houses. ... The United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. ... A tenant (from the Latin tenere, to hold), in legal contexts, holds real property by some form of title from a landlord. ... For other uses, see Building (disambiguation). ... OFFICE WORK IS SHITE!! NEVER WORK IN ONE! end of. ...

History

In the initial planning stages of the building, the U.S. Steel Corporation considered making the building the world's tallest although eventually settled on 840 feet (256 m.) At 840 feet (256 m) when built, it became the tallest building outside of New York City and Chicago, though the building eventually lost this distinction to other, newer buildings in the US. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

The tower is architecturally famous for its triangular shape with indented corners. The building also made history by being the first to use liquid-fireproofed columns. U. S. Steel Corporation deliberately left the massive steel columns exposed to the weather in order to display their new product called Cor-ten steel which is a type that resists the corrosive effects of rain, fog, and other meteorological phenomena. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... A liquid will assume the shape of its container. ... A large bonfire. ... Cor-ten steel is a proprietary material which was developed to obviate the need for painting, and has a rustlike appearance. ...

Facts

Interesting features of the U.S. Steel Tower:

• The building is fed by two separate, redundant mains, one from Grant Street and one from 7th Avenue. Both are fully maintained and tested annually. There is a failover system in place, and either main will automatically meet the water demands of the building in the event of a failure. Additionally, the building has four redundant water pumps; any one can meet the needs of the building.
• The building has four redundant electrical feeds, which come from several substations. Any one feed could supply the building.
• The building has fully redundant heating and cooling systems (two boilers and two "air chillers.") The heating boilers can be fed from either natural gas or #2 fuel oil. There is no fail over, but manual adjustment of this system in the event of a supply shortage takes only minutes.
• These redundant systems have allowed the building to remain free of unplanned service interruptions since it was constructed in 1970.

Fictional Portrayals

The U.S. Steel Tower makes an appearance in the movie Dogma, serving as the headquarters for Mooby Corp., owners of the Mooby the Golden Calf media empire. Dogma is a 1999 comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who stars in the film along with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, George Carlin, and Alanis Morissette. ... The Mooby the Golden Calf logo Mooby the Golden Calf is a fictional childrens television character featured in Kevin Smiths View Askewniverse, most notably in the film Dogma. ...

It also features prominetly in the movie Sudden Death serving in scenes as a launching pad for those in the film taking the U.S. Vice President hostage. Sudden Death is a 1995 action movie, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. ...

Address

The building's official address is 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

The view from the 62nd floor of the U.S. Steel Tower.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x800, 776 KB) Summary Author: Andrew Russell Description: This is a picture taken 8/4/2006 of the view facing west from the 62nd (top) floor of the U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Licensing File history Legend: (cur... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x800, 776 KB) Summary Author: Andrew Russell Description: This is a picture taken 8/4/2006 of the view facing west from the 62nd (top) floor of the U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Licensing File history Legend: (cur...

Trivia

• On July 21st, 2006 U.S. Steel Tower security staff responded to a woman in labor on the buildings Grant Street entrance. The woman gave birth with the help of her husband and the chief of building security. [1]
• On May 8th, 1986 two men in parachutes jumped off the top of the U.S. Steel Tower and floated down to the parking lot of the Mellon Arena to stunned crowds. They were arrested upon landing. [2]

The Mellon Arena (known as Pittsburgh Civic Arena from 1961-1999, also informally known as The Igloo) is an indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... One Mellon Center is the second tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the 195th tallest skyscraper in the world (see List of skyscrapers). ... This is a listing of Pittsburgh, USA skyscrapers in order of tallest to shortest: ... Westinghouse Tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• 50 Tallest buildings in the U.S.
• List of Skyscrapers
• World's tallest structures

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External links

• www.ussteel.com