Oxford Centre
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One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
, United States
. Although it is mainly identified by its main tower, it is actually a complex of six "buildings," all of matching glass and steel design. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the building owner.
Completed in 1983, One Oxford Centre has 46 floors in its main tower and rises 615 feet (187 m) above Downtown Pittsburgh. Although its address is simply One Oxford Centre, the building is located on the 300 block of Grant Street. The tower has nearly 1500000 square feet (139,354.6 m²) of office and high-end retail space and has a full service health/business club inside of it, The Rivers Club. The complex also contains a multi-level parking garage and some street level retail and office space one block west of Grant Street.
At night, forty-three 1,500-watt spotlights illuminate the Centre with a total of 54,500 watts that create a glowing effect that is said to be greater than any other highrise in the United States
. One Oxford Centre was developed by Oxford Development Company and designed by famed architect Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum.
The building is designed the way it is, with so many sides, because the developers wanted as many corner offices in the building as possible.
Among the commercial tenants of One Oxford Centre are the law firms of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
and Portnoy & Quinn.
A composite image of the main tower of PPG Place
and Oxford Centre is used as the Fiddler's Green luxury high-rise in the movie Land of the Dead
. Another interesting fact is that a street (Cherry Way) passes through the tower on its lower levels.
In 1999 Steve Kangas
died on the 39th floor in the restroom of the offices of Richard Mellon Scaife
.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Although it is mainly identified by its main tower, it is actually a complex of six "buildings," all of matching glass and steel design. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the building owner.
Completed in 1983, One Oxford Centre has 46 floors in its main tower and rises 615 feet (187 m) above Downtown Pittsburgh. Although its address is simply One Oxford Centre, the building is located on the 300 block of Grant Street. The tower has nearly 1500000 square feet (139,354.6 m²) of office and high-end retail space and has a full service health/business club inside of it, The Rivers Club. The complex also contains a multi-level parking garage and some street level retail and office space one block west of Grant Street.
At night, forty-three 1,500-watt spotlights illuminate the Centre with a total of 54,500 watts that create a glowing effect that is said to be greater than any other highrise in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. One Oxford Centre was developed by Oxford Development Company and designed by famed architect Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum.
The building is designed the way it is, with so many sides, because the developers wanted as many corner offices in the building as possible.
Among the commercial tenants of One Oxford Centre are the law firms of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 450 lawyers in sixteen offices nationwide, and was ranked 108th on the National Law Journal's 2010 list of the 250 largest law firms in the United...
and Portnoy & Quinn.
A composite image of the main tower of PPG Place
PPG Place
PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. Named for its anchor tenant, PPG Industries, who initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass design consisting of...
and Oxford Centre is used as the Fiddler's Green luxury high-rise in the movie Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead
For the disambiguation page on anything else on this topic, come here to Land of the Dead .Land of the Dead is a 2005 horror film written and directed by George A...
. Another interesting fact is that a street (Cherry Way) passes through the tower on its lower levels.
In 1999 Steve Kangas
Steve Kangas
Steve Kangas was a journalist, political activist and chess teacher known for his website Liberalism Resurgent and highly political usenet postings. Until 1986 he worked for military intelligence. His stay in Berlin turned him from a conservative into an outspoken liberal militant...
died on the 39th floor in the restroom of the offices of Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife is an American newspaper publisher and billionaire. Scaife owns and publishes the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. With $1.2 billion, Scaife, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, is No...
.