Knowledgeable people of r/Pittsburgh: what is the space-age looking Jetson’s structure that can be seen on the busway when heading downtown? It’s right before or after the stop for Herron Ave. This has eluded me for years and I figured people here would know. Help. 🙏

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threwthelookinggrass t1_jckech1 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM

iron eden?

Gladhands t1_jckomsw wrote on March 17, 2023 at 3:10 PM

This is the answer

Illustrious_Low_4672 OP t1_jcl2tcy wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:41 PM

Thanks! Was iron Eden originally on Liberty Ave? Or were there two of them? When we were looking to buy a house here 12+ years ago we actually stayed at Iron Eden on Liberty; it was rentable for short term stays.

JustTryingMyBestWPA t1_jcl8cu2 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 5:16 PM

I just Googled Iron Eden, and I'm so confused. All of the Google results for "Iron Eden" are for a welder. Are you guys talking about the location of a business called Iron Eden? I take the bus on the busway to and from downtown 3 days a week, and I have no idea what the original post is talking about. I don't remember seeing any kind of space-age looking structure from the bus. Is this on the same side of the bus as the railroad tracks?

threwthelookinggrass t1_jclakch wrote on March 17, 2023 at 5:30 PM

If you're going down town it's on the side with the railroad tracks kinda underneath the bloomfield bridge I think.

No good pictures on Google of the whole thing but I think this is what OP is referring to: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M1X58F50jKE/UMFjvNmkOPI/AAAAAAAAJkk/BokaJ3QMlzU/s1600/IronEden-Astrolab-Patio-DuBloo-4001-Lorigan-St-Pittsburgh-PA-15224.jpg

Illustrious_Low_4672 OP t1_jcmpkfj wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:13 PM

Exactly.

leadfoot9 t1_jcmf7dy wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:58 PM

Interesting. My Google search results are quite different than yours. I get some crap mixed in if I don't specify "pittsburgh", but I can find it either way.

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ThingsThatMakeSense t1_jckwe76 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:01 PM

I ride the p1 down there 5 days a week and can't even picture what you're talking about. I'm interested.

Illustrious_Low_4672 OP t1_jcl2j8q wrote on March 17, 2023 at 4:40 PM

If you’re heading downtown and looking out the windows on the right hand side of the bus, there’s a ramshackle space-age kind of building. It’s cool. It’s easy to miss if you’re not looking out of the windows at the right moment.

I think the above posters are right who suggest it’s Iron Eden.