Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh

 The Arrott Building, constructed in 1902, is one of my favorite skyscrapers...though it's only 18 stories tall.

 The same building at street level.  

 Here is the former headquarters of Dollar Bank.  They've long since outgrown it, but continue to maintain offices here.  The two lion statues that guard the doors on either side have been taken away for restoration.  They'll be back.  

 Another shot of the two old bank buildings that appear in an earlier post.  This angle shows a little more of the redbrick edifice, which is beautiful.  These stand just across the street from the Arrott Building.  

Pittsburgh was settled in the 1750s, but the streets weren't laid out in any proper fashion until 1784.  Fourth Avenue is one of the city's original streets.  That explains why it's so narrow and dark, overshadowed by tall buildings.