Downtown
Central Business District; Golden Triangle | |
|---|---|
 Downtown Pittsburgh as seen from Mount Washington | |
 Location of Downtown Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh | |
| Coordinates: 40°26′28″N 80°00′00″W / 40.44111°N 80.00000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny County |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.64 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,477 [1] |
Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District,[2] is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The triangle is bounded by the two rivers.
The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York Mellon, Heinz, Federated Investors, and Alcoa. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Mellon and George Westinghouse were made. It contains the site where the French fort, Fort Duquesne, once stood.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 7,864 | — |
| 1950 | 7,517 | −4.4% |
| 1960 | 2,211 | −70.6% |
| 1970 | 3,679 | +66.4% |
| 1980 | 3,220 | −12.5% |
| 1990 | 3,785 | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 2,721 | −28.1% |
| 2010 | 3,629 | +33.4% |
| 2020 | 5,477 | +50.9% |
| [3][4][better source needed] Source: University of Pittsburgh[5] | ||
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