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4 unusual facts about Point State Park


Gateway Towers

Gateway Towers is a 27-story residential skyscraper near Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Point State Park

He brought in Wright, by that time a preeminent architect, who had done numerous other projects for Kaufmann in the past, including Kaufmann's landmark home at Fallingwater and an unbuilt design for a parking garage.

Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The French held the fort successfully early in the war, turning back the 1755 expedition led by General Edward Braddock.



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Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park

Originally called Sugar Pine Point State Park, its name was changed in 2003 to honor Edwin L. Z'berg, a California state assemblyman who specialized in environmental legislation and worked to develop state parks and other natural areas.