Look Up Series (Part III) - The Sky's the Limit - Downtown Architecture

With Pittsburgh being such a condensed urban area, capturing its unique high rise architecture is quite easy. With modern steel and glass structures standing beside old works of stone, typically in specific clusters, Pittsburgh's unrivaled collection of architecture provides unique photographs around every corner. Unfortunately after some time the subject matter is photographed an excessive amount of times and a new perspective must be found. Luckily the lighting and the constantly changing facade of a building under construction aided in creating new views.

PPG PLACE

PPG Place is the one of the most photogenic buildings in Pittsburgh mainly because of its jutting shapes and constant angle changes. By using a wider focal length, utilizing ideal lighting and shooting farther back and from different corners created some views of the building that I had never seen before.

PNC and Fifth Avenue Place

With a constantly expanding glass facade of the new PNC Tower and a tight cluster of PNC buildings nearby, unique views are always possible. Fifth Avenue Place with its unique window color and straight line views down Stanwix Street always provides fantastic photographs.

Grant Street

Grant Street and the directly surrounding streets are lined with the tallest and most historic structures in Pittsburgh.

U.S. STEELWORKERS BUILDING

In my opinion this is the most photogenic building in Pittsburgh. It's innovative construction in the 1960's left it with countless lines, corners and possible perspectives. Typically gray to silver in color, during ideal sunsets the building will become golden.