List of tallest buildings in Pittsburgh
Tallest buildings
This list ranks Pittsburgh skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

List of tallest buildings in Pittsburgh

Section Title: Tallest buildings
Table Section Text: This list ranks Pittsburgh skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes

1	U.S. Steel Tower	a black tower with a triangular floor plan. You can see two of the sides with the acronym "UPMC" sits at the top of each side.	841 / 256	64	1971	52nd-tallest building in the United States, 4th tallest in Pennsylvania. Has been the tallest building in the city since 1970, and was the tallest building in the state from 1970 until the 1987 completion of One Liberty Place in Philadelphia.

2	BNY Mellon Center	A tall beige building with the word "Mellon" in glowing green letters on the top.	725 / 221	54	1984	103rd tallest building in the U.S. Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1980s.

3	One PPG Place	an all glass building with no other tall buildings around it. It is topped off by a glass spire on each corner and is surrounded by much shorter but similarly Gothic glass buildings.	635 / 194	40	1984	Corporate headquarters of PPG Industries and co-headquarters of Kraft Heinz.

4	Fifth Avenue Place	-	616 / 188	31	1988	Corporate headquarters of Highmark.

5	One Oxford Centre	-	615 / 187	45	1983	Corporate headquarters of Oxford Development

6	Gulf Tower	-	582 / 177	44	1932	Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1930s.Name references structure's status as former headquarters of Gulf Oil, although the site has functioned as a multi-tenant building since 1982.

7	Tower at PNC Plaza	-	545 / 166	33	2015	Part of PNC Financial Services corporate headquarters.

8	Cathedral of Learning	-	535 / 163	42	1936	Second-tallest university building in the world, behind the main building of Moscow State University. Tallest building in the city located outside of Downtown.

9	525 William Penn Place	525 William Penn Place Pittsburgh.JPG	520 / 158	41	1951	Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.Originally housed corporate headquarters of both U.S. Steel and Mellon Financial.

10	K&L Gates Center	-	511 / 156	39	1968	Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1960s. Originally known as One Oliver Plaza and formerly named for lead tenants FreeMarkets and later Ariba.

11	Grant Building	-	485 / 148	40	1929	Signage rights belong to largest tenant Huntington Bancshares

12	Koppers Tower	Kopperspgh.JPG	475 / 145	34	1929	Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1920s.Corporate headquarters of Koppers.

13	Two PNC Plaza	-	445 / 136	34	1975	Part of PNC Financial Services corporate headquarters.

14	EQT Plaza	-	430 / 131	32	1987	Corporate headquarters of EQT. Formerly named for CNG and Dominion Energy before these entities were acquired via merger.

15	One PNC Plaza	-	424 / 129	30	1972	Part of PNC Financial Services corrporate headquarters.

16	The Residences at the Alcoa Building	-	410 / 125	30	1953	First skyscraper with an all-aluminum facade. Formerly the corporate headquarters of Alcoa before its relocation to a low-rise structure.

17	Three PNC Plaza	-	361 / 110	23	2009	Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 2000s. Part of PNC Financial Services corporate headquarters.

18	Federated Tower	FederatedTowerPgh.JPG	358 / 109	27	1982	Corporate headquarters of Federated Investors.

19	11 Stanwix Street	-	355 / 108	23	1969	Former corporate headquarters of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Signage rights owned by largest tenant KeyBank

20	Oliver Building	-	347 / 106	25	1910	Tallest existing building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1910s.In 2015, one-third of the structure's floor space was converted from office to hotel use.

21	Three Gateway Center	-	344 / 105	24	1952

22	Centre City Tower	341 / 104	26	1971	Signage rights owned by largest tenant Huntington Bancshares

23	William S. Moorhead Federal Building	-	340 / 104	23	1964

24	Verizon Building	-	339 / 103	20	1923

25	Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown	-	333 / 102	22	1959	Tallest all-hotel building in the city. Formerly operated as a Hilton property.

26	Frick Building	-	330 / 101	20	1902	Tallest existing building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1900s.

27	Four Gateway Center	-	305 / 93	22	1960

28=	City View	-	300 / 91	24	1964	Apartment structure. Formerly known as Washington Plaza.

28=	Commonwealth Building	300 / 91	21	1906	Currently under redevelopment as an apartment building.

28=	The Carlyle	-	300 / 91	21	1906	Converted to condominiums in 2006. While serving as an office building, was named for Union National Bank and, later, its successor Integra Bank.

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Standing 725 ft (221 m) tall, BNY Mellon Center is the second-tallest building in the Pittsburgh.

final_sentence: Standing 725 ft (221 m) tall, BNY Mellon Center is the second-tallest building in the Pittsburgh.