Pittsburgh Glass Center
Pittsburgh Glass Center is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Pollocks Knob stands 407 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Doris, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
The Pittsburgh Glass Center is a gallery, glass studio, and public-access school dedicated to teaching, creating and promoting studio glass art. It is located on Penn Avenue in the Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It has features works by Paul Joseph Stankard and classes taught by Dante Marioni, Davide Salvadore, and Cesare Toffolo. The origins of the Pittsburgh Glass Center date to 1991, when David Stephens, then visual-arts officer of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, approached glass artists Ron Desmett and Kathleen Mulcahy, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, about the idea of a center for studio glass. It was originally to have been the Elizabeth Glass Center in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. However, by 1999, the plans had changed and the center was re-oriented to Pittsburgh. It was officially opened in 2001. The current facility in Friendship is LEED-certified. Its development has aided the growth of Garfield, especially with the adjacent Glass Lofts residential development. In fall 2010, the Pittsburgh Glass Center entered into talks with Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. By May 2011, the talks had failed, with the Pittsburgh Glass Center withdrawing from negotiations. In 2012, the Glass Center purchased residential housing adjacent to its main gallery space to be used as student and artist-in-residence housing. By 2012, the center had a $1 million budget, with 10 full-time employees.
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Dates from 2001.
Wikidata Q7199292, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 25.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Doris: 0.2 mi
- Octavia the Octopus: 0.2 mi
- Captured::Pittsburgh Open Air Photography Gallery: 0.9 mi
- Breath: 1.0 mi
- Inverted Dancer: 1.3 mi
- Enright Parklet: 0.2 mi
- Garland Parklet: 0.3 mi
- Baum Grove: 0.4 mi
- Morrow Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
- Friendship Park: 0.7 mi
- Roslyn Place: 0.8 mi
- Negley Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill: 1.6 mi
- The Doughboy: 1.8 mi
- Herron Hill: 1.5 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 2.6 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 3.0 mi
- Kerrwood Park: 3.5 mi
- The Saddle: 4.4 mi
- Sycamore Island: 4.5 mi
- The Octopus Garden: 0.2 mi
- Highland Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden: 1.3 mi
- Boom Concepts: 0.5 mi
- Center for PostNatural History: 0.6 mi
- Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: 1.1 mi
- King Museum: 1.1 mi
- Alcohol House: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 6.2 mi
- Upper Orchard: 8.6 mi
- picnic tables: 10.0 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 1.6 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 1.7 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 1.8 mi
- William Pitt Union: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.3 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 7.9 mi
- Tiger Beach: 8.4 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.0 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 18.0 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 18.1 mi
- Hay's Wall: 5.1 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Point Pleasant: 22.9 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 7.3 mi
- Snake Run: 21.9 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.8 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Pittsburgh Glass Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollocks Knob | S 184° | 407 m | 14.6 mi |
| Herron Hill | WSW 244° | 384 m | 1.5 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 31° | 365 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 65° | 229.2 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:13 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6354957261
Day trips start here
- Ross Township · 6 mi
- Green Tree · 7 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 9 mi
- Robinson Township · 10 mi
- Franklin Park · 12 mi
- Coraopolis · 13 mi
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