Photography: Amy Fisher
The former Mellon Bank Building is a distinctive feature of the Penn/Centre Corridor in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood. For over 50 years, it has visually anchored the intersection. The building serves as a built record of the skill, originality, and distinctive design aesthetic of Pittsburgh’s midcentury modern architectural design.
This significant structure is now threatened with demolition, as the owner plans to clear the site to make way for a new Citizens Bank branch, entirely generic in its design and lacking consideration for the neighborhood context.
Join the Pittsburgh Modern Committee in speaking up against the continued erosion of existing character in East Liberty by SUBMITTING YOUR COMMENTS BELOW.
Read our NOMINATION to designate this structure as a City of Pittsburgh Landmark (this review process, which would protect the structure from being demolished, is underway).
Learn more about the collection of modernist Mellon Banks throughout Pittsburgh neighborhoods, the former East Liberty Branch one of the finest.
“For almost 200 years, the Mellon banks have been growing to encompass a diversity of architectural styles in unique communities. Mellon architecture reflects the dichotomies of traditional and modern design.”
