Pittsburgh Architecture and Skyline – Buildings that are Gone ...

1) Jenkins Arcade - With entrances on both Liberty and Penn Avenues, the Jenkins Arcade was the first indoor shopping mall in the United States. The Jenkins and Empire Buildings were torn down to make room for the new Fifth Avenue Place. ... Soon auction houses rose around the wholesale warehouses and many restaurants and grocery stores were built to feed hungry shift workers at any hour of the day. By the 1920s The Strip District was the economic center of Pittsburgh. ...