IT-Antique Skyscraper Viewing Decks

See the city from up high! Ascend four historic Pittsburgh skyscrapers and take your selfie where peregrine falcons perch. Learn the stories behind these multistories of yesteryear while gazing across spectacular panoramas.

• Frick Building – Walk the rooftop promenade of the steel mogul’s 1902 neoclassic skyscraper, which notoriously overshadows the courthouse belfry.


• Koppers Tower – Survey the Strip District and neighboring Gulf and U.S. Steel towers from the 29^th floor deck of this 1929 Art Deco masterpiece.


• Keystone Athletic Club – Falcons favor the 19^th floor patio of this 1929 neogothic, originally a men’s club, then a hotel, now Point Park U’s Lawrence Hall.


• Oliver Building – The top floor lounge of Chicago architect Daniel Burnham’s tallest skyscraper is the best vantage point to appreciate his extravagant architectural flourishes.

Your host, Mark Houser, is a frequent speaker and writer about Pittsburgh’s antique skyscrapers (housertalks.com). He will entertain you with the little-known histories of the people who built these historic high-rises: the tycoons who commissioned them, the architects who imagined them, and the workers who risked life and limb to construct them.

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Tour Host:  Mark Houser

Tour Starts:  436 7th Ave (Koppers Building lobby)

Tour Ends:  Oliver Building

Tour Length:  1 mile of walking

Restroom Available:  Yes

Is Tour Wheelschair Accessible: No