The vibrant ten-block district known as the Golden Triangle, at the heart of downtown
PITTSBURGH
, stands at the confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers, once bitterly fought over as the gateway to the West. The French built Fort Duquesne on the site in 1754, only for it to be destroyed four years later by the British, who replaced it with
Fort Pitt
. Industry began with the development of iron foundries in the early 1800s, and by the time of the Civil War, Pittsburgh was producing half of the iron and one third of the glass in the US. Soon after, the city became the world's leading producer of steel, thanks to the vigorous expansion programs of
Andrew Carnegie
, who, by 1870, was the richest man in the world. Present-day Pittsburgh is dotted with his cultural bequests, along with those of other wealthy forefathers including the Mellon bankers, the Frick coal merchants and the Heinz food producers.
Arrival And Information :
Greyhound pulls in at Eleventh Street and Liberty Avenue downtown, across from Amtrak. From the modern, efficient
Pittsburgh International Airport
(tel 412/472-3500), fifteen miles west, Airlines Transportation (tel 412/321-4990) runs hourly
shuttles
downtown (daily 7am-10pm; $14 one-way, $24 round-trip) and to Oakland ($15 one-way, $26 round-trip). Almost as quick and significantly cheaper, the excellent
local bus
#28X runs roughly every 20min between the airport and Oakland via Robinson town center and downtown (daily 5am-midnight; $2). Pittsburgh's main
visitor center
is downtown on Liberty Avenue, adjacent to the Gateway Center (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm, Sat & Sun 9am-2.45pm; tel 412/281-7711 or 1-800/366-0093, ), with subsidiary branches at the airport (Mon-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun noon-8pm), Station Square (daily 10am-5pm) and in the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center (daily 10am-5pm). The main
post office
is at Seventh and Grant (Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 7am-2.30pm; tel 412/642-4472; zip code 15230). More Pittsburgh information...
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US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733
Europe: 00-800-11-20-11-40
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