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Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh)

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although it would now have commercial purposes, residents would always remember the cathedral that once stood there. Another story suggests that there is a requirement that a place of worship must be maintained perpetually on the site, and thus there is supposedly a chapel in one of the towers to comply. This is all urban legend – there was no restrictive covenant or other restriction in the original 1901 deed transferring ownership from religious to secular use.
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exterior stone and lighting the facade at night; extensively repairing and restoring the mansard roof using the original terra-cotta molds; restoring the bronze storefronts; and relighting the stained-glass dome atop the 150-ft-high rotunda, and with two first-floor restaurants opening and restoration of the tenth-floor theater yet to be completed.
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In 2014 the property was sold at a foreclosure auction for $ 14 million to its current owner, an affiliate of Boston-based The Davis Companies. The Davis Companies' affiliate outbid lender SA Challenger. Extensive restorations were completed in 2016 at a cost of $ 100 million, including cleaning the
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Many people believe that the building's unique roof is the result of a restrictive covenant placed on the land by its previous owner, the Diocese of Pittsburgh. One story is that the bishop at the time (Rev. Richard Phelan) placed a restrictive covenant on the land when Frick purchased it so that,
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have been suggested as influences. The design has also been partially attributed to Pierre A. Liesch (1872–1954), who worked with Osterling on the project. Liesch was a native of Luxembourg and later used a similar Flemish Gothic style for his design of the
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In 2008, it was purchased by California investors Michael Kamen and Gerson Fox; by August 2012 the building was the subject of bankruptcy proceedings to avoid a sheriff's sale.
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and two chapel-like mechanical towers. The interior is arranged about a central rotunda, capped by a stained glass dome. The building is listed on the
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purchased the structure in 1923, renaming it from the Union Arcade to the Union Trust Building, as well as remodeling the first four floors.
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DIV 501 Grant Limited Partnership, an affiliate of The Davis Companies
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Known as the Union Arcade, it featured 240 shops and galleries. The
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Index

Union Trust Building (disambiguation)

Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
40°26′24″N 79°59′49″W / 40.440°N 79.997°W / 40.440; -79.997
Frederick J. Osterling
Henry Clay Frick
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
74001748
high-rise building
Downtown district
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Grant Street
Henry Clay Frick
mansard
dormers
National Register of Historic Places

Frederick J. Osterling
St. Paul's Catholic Cathedral
Brussels Town Hall
Leuven Town Hall
Brabantine Gothic
Woolworth Building
Croatian Fraternal Union Building
Union Trust Company

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