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City View (formerly Washington Plaza)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Lower Hill)

Sources checked November 2026

“First called Washington Plaza, the only high-rise apartment building to rise in the Lower Hill during its urban renewal.”

Year: 1960s
Architect: I. M. Pei
Type: Residential tower
Access: Apartment building

City View, first named Washington Plaza, is an apartment tower in Pittsburgh's Lower Hill district by I. M. Pei. A New York developer had commissioned three buildings from him to make up Washington Plaza; only one was built. It has been called City View since 2014.

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History

The Lower Hill was cleared for rebuilding, but part of the program never came about in the district: three high-rise apartment buildings, several commercial buildings and a symphony hall. Only one high-rise apartment building, Washington Plaza, rose on the hill, and the rest of the land became parking lots.

A New York developer had hired Pei for the three buildings that were meant to form Washington Plaza. In 2014 the owner, Faros Properties, announced the renovation of the building, which had seen no material change since it went up in the 1960s, along with its new name: City View.