Looking up in Downtown Pittsburgh

This will mainly be a celebration of two classic Pittsburgh skyscrapers, the Gulf and Koppers Buildings, respectively of 1932 and 1929, and presented with the support of a skylight window in a double-decker "Megabus" leaving Pittsburgh (with this photographer aboard!) in late March, 2012, but with a few more recent salutes to them as well....

For those keeping geographical score, my bus went south on 10th Street from under the David Lawrence Convention Center, with the Gulf Building in the center here, the Koppers Building in the right background and part of the UPMC (formerly US Steel) Building in the left background....

...we continued south on William Penn Place past the east elevation of the Gulf Building and with tiny slivers of the UPMC and Koppers Buildings coming into view below the right center of this photo....

more revelations here....

 and then riding eastbound on 7th Avenue between the beautiful gauntlet of the Koppers and the Gulf Towers on the top and on the bottom respectively (or south and north sides of 7th to confuse and amuse!) as far as this view goes....

and an adios for the time being looking back as the bus went to an eastbound freeway entrance.... 

Two nights ago (and now nine months later), I was glad to say hello again to the colorful top of the Gulf Tower, apparently renewed in 2012 for its long-time role as a weather beacon for Pittsburghers. While you obviously cannot rely on my photos for that purpose, they are hopefully sufficient as semi-abstract art exercises, as seen from 6th Avenue east of Grant Street, and looking north....

May these buildings never flail as in this last picture and may their flames long burn bright as in the second last one above!