Grand Concourse of Station Square Pittsburgh (B+W)
Now an upscale restaurant, the Grand Concourse at Station Square used to be the main train/ railway station of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. In 1873, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) was first chartered and in 1877, construction began on a rail line connecting Pittsburgh to Youngstown. In 1879, the P&LE officially opened for commercial traffic and later became known as the Little Giant for the amount of tonnage that it moved.
By 1970, passenger traffic stopped using this station. Thankfully the building was not demolished but rather re-developed into a mixed-use hotel, office, retail, dining and entertainment complex in the 1990s.
Grand Concourse of Station Square Pittsburgh (B+W)
Now an upscale restaurant, the Grand Concourse at Station Square used to be the main train/ railway station of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. In 1873, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) was first chartered and in 1877, construction began on a rail line connecting Pittsburgh to Youngstown. In 1879, the P&LE officially opened for commercial traffic and later became known as the Little Giant for the amount of tonnage that it moved.
By 1970, passenger traffic stopped using this station. Thankfully the building was not demolished but rather re-developed into a mixed-use hotel, office, retail, dining and entertainment complex in the 1990s.