Sewickley Things to Do

The Silver Eye Center for Photography is a sparse gallery whose white walls provide the perfect background for the photographic works on view there. The gallery was founded by a group of photojournalists in the late 1980s and e... more

The Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers meet here to form the Ohio. Thirty-six grassy acres at the confluence of the three rivers of Pittsburgh bear witness to the more than 200 years of history. French and British forts, central... more

This building, which was once comprised of a set of commercial businesses, has been renovated to house the downtown branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, as well as the Library Center of Point Park College. The magnific... more

St. Anthony's Chapel was built as a shrine to St. Anthony of Padua in the 1880s. Father Suitbert Mollinger, a wealthy Belgian priest, provided the funding for the project; unfortunately he died shortly after the shrine was comp... more

One of the most recognizable sights in Pittsburgh's Downtown skyline is the Frick Building. Its construction set off a corporate building rush in the area, but the imposing structure has maintained its architectural dominance o... more

The Trinity Cathedral is immediately visible from anywhere on Sixth Avenue. Inspired by 14-century English style, Architect Gordon Lloyd of Detroit built this Gothic edifice in 1871. Although the church was partially destroyed... more

Henry Hobson Richardson, one of the most important American architects of the late 19th century, won a design competition to build this courthouse in 1884. True to his style, Richardson created an impressive structure with an i... more

When this theater was built in 1927, it was called the Stanley Theater and was crowned the city's "Palace of Amusement." Since that time, it has housed a variety of performers - from rock groups in the early 1980's to world-cla... more

The Senator John Heinz History Center is the largest museum and research center in Pennsylvania. The architecture of the building is steeped in history with memorabilia all over the museum walls. The Library & Archives section... more

Both the City of Pittsburgh and the County of Allegheny have offices in this historic building. The designers of the interior incorporated insignias of both offices, as well as those of the building's historical functions, into... more