# Grant Street

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{{Short description|Road in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States}}
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| junction    = [Fort Pitt Boulevard](/source/Fort_Pitt_Boulevard) in Downtown<br/>[Blvd of the Allies](/source/Boulevard_of_the_Allies) in Downtown<br/><br/>[Fourth Avenue](/source/Fourth_Avenue_(Pittsburgh)) in Downtown<br/>[Forbes Avenue](/source/Forbes_Avenue) in Downtown<br/>[Fifth Avenue](/source/Fifth_Avenue_(Pittsburgh)) in Downtown
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'''Grant Street''' is the main government and business corridor in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania. It is home to the global headquarters of [U.S. Steel](/source/U.S._Steel), [Koppers Chemicals](/source/Koppers), and [Oxford Development](/source/Oxford_Development). It also is home to the seat of [Allegheny County](/source/Allegheny_County%2C_Pennsylvania), City of Pittsburgh and the regional Federal Government offices. It is part of the [Pittsburgh Central Downtown Historic District](/source/Pittsburgh_Central_Downtown_Historic_District).

==History==
Grant Street was named after British Major General [James Grant](/source/James_Grant_(British_Army_officer%2C_born_1720)), who was defeated by the French at that location during the [French and Indian War](/source/French_and_Indian_War).<ref name=great />  The street's location on "Grant's Hill" strangled growth in downtown Pittsburgh, leading to several attempts in 1836 and 1849 to regrade the area to remove the hill.<ref name=dp>{{cite book | last =Boehmig | first =Stuart P. | title =Downtown Pittsburgh | publisher =Arcadia Publishing  | date =September 26, 2007 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=bz1Sm7WJ4ikC| page=42| isbn =9780738550428 }}</ref>  The successful removal of the hill in 1912 cost $800,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|800000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars), plus $2.5 million in reimbursement costs for property damaged by the project (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|2500000|1912|r=1}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).<ref name=dp />  For example, the project removed 16 feet of hill near the [Allegheny County Courthouse](/source/Allegheny_County_Courthouse), meaning that the former basement became the modern ground level.<ref name=dp /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Hump.html |title=Grant's Hill - The Hump |website=Brooklineconnection.com |accessdate=2017-07-14}}</ref>  The extreme south end of Grant Street—near the [Monongahela River](/source/Monongahela_River) and [Boulevard of the Allies](/source/Boulevard_of_the_Allies) intersection—was home to Pittsburgh's [Chinatown](/source/Chinatown_(Pittsburgh)) from the 1880s until the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp |title=Inn to the past: Downtown Cantonese restaurant points back to city's vanished Chinatown |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516223514/http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031209chinatown1209p1.asp |archive-date=2012-05-16 }}</ref>

Grant Street has long been a central area for civic events, including longtime Mayor and Pennsylvania governor [David L. Lawrence](/source/David_L._Lawrence)'s funeral procession in November 1966 attended by [Robert F. Kennedy](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy), mayors [Joseph M. Barr](/source/Joseph_M._Barr) of Pittsburgh, [Jerome Cavanagh](/source/Jerome_Cavanagh) of Detroit, [James Tate](/source/James_Tate_(mayor)) and [Richardson Dilworth](/source/Richardson_Dilworth) of Philadelphia, governors [William Scranton](/source/William_Scranton), [James H. Duff](/source/James_H._Duff), [Raymond P. Shafer](/source/Raymond_P._Shafer) and [John S. Fine](/source/John_S._Fine) along with President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) staff members [Robert E. Kintner](/source/Robert_E._Kintner) and [W. Marvin Watson](/source/W._Marvin_Watson), Secretary of Agriculture [Orville Freeman](/source/Orville_Freeman) and Secretary of the Interior [Stewart Udall](/source/Stewart_Udall).

An extensive six-year $15.3 million resurfacing and redesign of Grant Street was completed in August 1990.<ref>{{cite news | title =With Grant Street done, Pittsburgh looks to future | newspaper =[Beaver County Times](/source/Beaver_County_Times) | date =September 2, 1990 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B7kiAAAAIBAJ&pg=5792,294397 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=THQcAAAAIBAJ&pg=4562%2C80258 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413131745/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=THQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=02MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4562,80258 |archive-date=2016-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Recognition==

The [American Planning Association](/source/American_Planning_Association) named Grant Street one of its 10 Great Streets for 2012, describing it as "Pittsburgh's finest collection of historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, buildings that tell the stories of 20th century aristocrats and architects who shaped the city into an industrial and banking empire."<ref name=great>{{cite web | title =Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | work =Great Places in America: Street 2012 | publisher =[American Planning Association](/source/American_Planning_Association) | url =http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ | accessdate =October 12, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121011074837/http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/streets/2012/ | archive-date =October 11, 2012 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

Its importance to the city is because of its status as the "seat of financial, governmental and legal power" and its "striking architecture".<ref name=10best>{{cite news | last =Schmitz  | first =John | title =Grant Street named one of the 10 best in America | newspaper =[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette) | date =October 3, 2012 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/grant-street-named-one-of-the-10-best-in-america-655926/ }}</ref>  It is the "corporate and government heartbeat" of the city.<ref name=masloff>{{cite news| title=Grant Street | newspaper =The Allegheny Times | date =Oct 9, 1988| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z7UiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4436,1576813 }}</ref>

After the death of [Pittsburgh mayor](/source/Pittsburgh_Mayor) [Richard Caliguiri](/source/Richard_Caliguiri), his successor [Sophie Masloff](/source/Sophie_Masloff) pursued changing the name of Grant Street to Richard S. Caliguri Boulevard<ref name=masloff />  However, resistance to changing the historic street name, even for the beloved deceased mayor, halted that effort.<ref>{{cite news | title =Backtracking on Grant Street | newspaper =[The Pittsburgh Press](/source/The_Pittsburgh_Press) | date =October 11, 1988 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6YUcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5897,7277230 }}</ref>

==Buildings==
[[File:James Harrison at Super Bowl XLIII parade.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[James Harrison](/source/James_Harrison_(American_football)) in the post [Super Bowl XLIII](/source/Super_Bowl_XLIII) [victory parade](/source/victory_parade) down Grant Street.]]
The street stretches for close to 10 blocks on the eastern boundary of Downtown Pittsburgh.  Many of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscrapers are on Grant Street. 
*[William S. Moorhead Federal Building](/source/William_S._Moorhead_Federal_Building)
*[Federal Reserve Pittsburgh Branch](/source/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Cleveland_Pittsburgh_Branch) at 717 Grant Street
*[Gulf Tower](/source/Gulf_Tower) at 707 Grant Street
*[U.S. Post Office & Courthouse](/source/United_States_Post_Office_and_Courthouse_(Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania)) at 700 Grant Street
*[U.S. Steel Tower](/source/U.S._Steel_Tower) at 600 Grant Street
*[Koppers Tower](/source/Koppers_Tower) at 436 6th Avenue (600 block of Grant Street)
*[BNY Mellon Center](/source/BNY_Mellon_Center_(Pittsburgh)) at 500 Grant Street
*[Omni William Penn Hotel](/source/Omni_William_Penn_Hotel)
*[Union Trust Building](/source/Union_Trust_Building_(Pittsburgh))
*The [Frick Building](/source/Frick_Building) at 437 Grant Street
*[Allegheny County Courthouse](/source/Allegheny_County_Courthouse)
*The [Grant Building](/source/Grant_Building_(Pittsburgh)) at 330 Grant Street
*[One Oxford Centre](/source/One_Oxford_Centre)
*[Pittsburgh City-County Building](/source/Pittsburgh_City-County_Building)

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