# Stanwix Street

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{{Short description|Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States}}
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| caption                 = Stanwix Street northbound with the [Fifth Avenue Place](/source/Fifth_Avenue_Place_(Pittsburgh)) building in front
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| location                = [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania)
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| direction_a = South
| terminus_a  = {{jct|state=PA|I|376|US|22|US|30}} ([Fort Pitt Boulevard](/source/Fort_Pitt_Boulevard)) in [Downtown](/source/Downtown_Pittsburgh)
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b  = Fort Duquesne Boulevard in Downtown
| junction    = [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/>[Liberty Avenue](/source/Liberty_Avenue_(Pittsburgh)) in Downtown<br/>[Penn Avenue](/source/Penn_Avenue) in Downtown 
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'''Stanwix Street''' is a street nearly half a mile long near [The Point](/source/Point_State_Park) in [Downtown Pittsburgh](/source/Downtown_Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania).  Running south from the [Allegheny River](/source/Allegheny_River) to the [Monongahela River](/source/Monongahela_River), it is the western terminus of [Forbes Avenue](/source/Forbes_Avenue), and intersects 8 other streets.  On it sits [PPG Place](/source/PPG_Place) and [Fifth Avenue Place](/source/Fifth_Avenue_Place_(Pittsburgh)), the 3rd and 4th [tallest buildings in Pittsburgh](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Pittsburgh).

==History==
Stanwix Street consists of the former Fifth Street (originally called Pitt Street) and the former Ferry Street, to the respective north and south of [Liberty Avenue](/source/Liberty_Avenue_(Pittsburgh)). Both of those former streets date back to the original town plan of 1784. Fifth Street was renamed Stanwix Street in 1910 in honor of British General [John Stanwix](/source/John_Stanwix), who led the construction of [Fort Pitt](/source/Fort_Pitt_(Pennsylvania)). Stanwix Street was extended southward by incorporating Ferry Street in 1955.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date = June 22, 1955 |title = Ferry Street Has Only Nine More Days of 'Life' |department = ''Daily Magazine'' |page = 1 |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yJpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3894%2C1875282 }}</ref>

The [Great Fire of Pittsburgh](/source/Great_Fire_of_Pittsburgh) of April 10, 1845, began on Ferry Street, which is now the southern portion of Stanwix Street.

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