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CHAPTER TEN
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT--REUSE OF THE 1952
PITTSBURGH TERMINAL BUILDINGAIRSIDE BUSINESS PARK
AIRPORT SPONSOR AND INTERVIEW PARTICIPANTS port Authority, which was formed in November 1999. At the
time, the Department of Aviation was part of the Allegheny
Airport NamePittsburgh International Airport County government and as such, airport planning was inte-
(PIT) grated with the Department of Development.
City, State Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Not surprisingly, the new terminal garnered a lot of atten-
tion. No reuse plan for the former terminal was considered
Airport SponsorAllegheny County Airport Author- until it was vacated in 1992. An Air Cargo Special Study,
ity (ACAA) completed in 1991 and revised in 1993, identified the former
terminal building as the site that maximized the full poten-
Persons InterviewedWm. Randell Forister, Senior Direc- tial of an already existing ramp and could support a large
tor of Development build out of air cargo activity. The question remained, how-
Richard C. Belotti, Director of Plan- ever, about what to do with the terminal facility, particularly
ning and Environmental Affairs the large rotunda that had architectural merit and historic
significance (see Figure 29).
SITUATION
REUSE OPTIONS
In 1988, construction began for the new Pittsburgh Midfield
Terminal Complex (Figure 28). This project and reuse of One of the first plans advanced for the former terminal build-
the former terminal predates the Allegheny County Air- ing was development of a satellite facility for the Smithson-
FIGURE 28 Airside Business Park, Pittsburgh International Airport.