The remaining monolithic downtown towers reflect a valid testament and legacy crowning Pittsburgh's gilded era. Influential industrialists and financiers such as Andrew Carnegie, H. J. Heinz, Thomas and Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick immortalized their wealth and industry dominance by hiring the era's premier architecture firms and architects. The results created a concentration of accomplishment and innovation highlighted by aesthetics.
During the late 19th and early 20th century, these capitalist titans dominated the steel, coal, metals, cigar and railroad industries. Streaming revenues, public works projects and abundant employment created a pulsating economy. Department and retail store chains such as Kaufmann's, Horne's, Gimbels and G. C. Murphy flourished. In 1955, over 40% of the local workforce was directly tied to manufacturing employment. That sector would become unprepared for the volatile changes prompted by international competition introduced towards the conclusion of the twentieth century. By the time the steel industry collapsed in the early 1980s, the effects of massive unemployment had already stymied the local economy. Pittsburgh would be compelled to diversify employment emphasis following the Millennium towards high technology, health care, professional services, tourism, finance and education. This illustrated edition profiles over 85 downtown historic structures that remain local icons built from the earlier prosperous era. The majority has undergone major renovations and identity transformation. The results have created a reinvigorated downtown core that has polished the sheen on many of these remarkable gems. Among the structures profiled include the renowned William Penn Hotel, Union Trust Building, Arrott Building, Henry Oliver Building, Press House, Heinz Hall, Horne's and Kauffmann's Department Stores, Keenan Building, Pittsburgh City Council, Hendel Skinny Building, German National Bank, Park Building and numerous significant others. Architects and firms credited include Frederick J. Osterling, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frederick C. Sauer, Henry Hobson Richardson, MacClure and Spahr, Charles Bickel, Harold Crosby, Titus de Bobula, James T. Steen, Edward Stotz, Daniel Burnham, Trowbridge & Livingston, Thomas H. Scott, Edward B. Lee, Henry Hornbostel, Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, Janssen & Cocken, Theophilus P. Chandler, Edward B. Lee, Andrew Peebles, Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, Janssen & Cocken, Theophilus P. Chandler, Rapp & Rapp, John M. Donn, ThenDesign Architecture, Benno Janssen, William Cocken, Thomas Hannah, Philip Jullien, Andrew W. Peebles, George B. Post, Charles Bartberger, Grosvenor Atterbury, Webber and Wurster, George M. Rowland, Gordon W. Lloyd, Peabody and Stearns.外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
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