The Golden Triangle at Night

North Shore
Smithfield Street Bridge

The famous span, opened in 1883, is a National Historic Landmark. On its northern end, the bridge connects with Fort Pitt Boulevard. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

North Shore

Pittsburgh is framed by the Rachel Carson Bridge, left, and Andy Warhol Bridge. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Fulton Building

Completed in 1906 by Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Phipps, the Fulton Building is now the Pittsburgh Renaissance Hotel. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

10th Street Bypass

Traffic and streetlights bathe the Golden Triangle and the nearby Allegheny River in color and light. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Wood Street Station

Commuters check phones while waiting for buses on Liberty Avenue. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Wood Street

Most buildings on the street’s 600 block were dark shortly after a recent rush hour. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Grant Street Buildings

The Allegheny County Courthouse, completed in 1888, is dwarfed by newer neighbors. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Ninth Street and Penn Avenue

Commuters wait on buses during rush hour. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

600 Liberty Avenue

Lighting up this intersection is the Lantern Building, illuminated by mulicolored LED lights. The building houses an exhibit, put on by PNC’s Legacy Project, that highlights Pittsburgh history. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Market Street

A Christmas tree lights up PPG Place at dusk. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Traffic at the Point

Rush hour communters pass between the Ft. Pitt and Ft. Duquesne bridges. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Sixth Street and Wood Penn Avenue

Heinz Hall dominates this intersection in the city’s Cultural District. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Market Square

One couple shares a coffee on the city’s Light-Up Night. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Ice Rink at PPG Place

Families and couples take pictures and watch skaters on Light-Up Night. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Sixth Avenue and Wood Street

The colorful entrance to Wood Street Galleries brightens this intersection. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)