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Pittsburgh FalconCam
The National Aviary is helping bird lovers get an up close and personal look at the lives of its Peregrine Falcons. It’s nesting season, so the Aviary has set up live cameras for folks to watch them...
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How To Read The KDKA-TV Weather Beacon Atop Gulf Tower
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The city skyline is about to become a bit more colorful with the reinvention and modernization of a Pittsburgh tradition. KDKA-TV is joining with the owners of the iconic Downtown...
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Modernized Weather Beacon To Be Rededicated At Iconic Gulf Tower
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The city skyline is about to become a bit more colorful with the reinvention and modernization of a Pittsburgh tradition. KDKA-TV is joining with the owners of the iconic Downtown...
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Weather Beacon To Return Atop Gulf Tower
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – For decades, people knew they could look at the lights at the top of the Gulf Tower to get the weather. That is until the 1970s, when the weather beacon was turned off. However,...
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KDKA-TV Weather Beacon Lit During July 4th Celebration
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The KDKA-TV Weather Beacon Atop the Gulf Tower is now up and running. It’s a new, hi-tech version of the weather beacon that the building was known for before the energy crisis of...
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Larger Big Screen Coming To Penguins’ Fan Zone
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The crowds that have been gathering outside CONSOL Energy Center to watch Penguins’ playoff games on the big screen have gotten so large that the organization has decided to make...
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Gulf Tower To Light Up The Sky With Black And Gold
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Soon you’ll be able to see black and gold in a new spot: on top of the Gulf Tower. The Pirates announced that the Gulf Tower, which is also illuminated to serve as the KDKA weather...
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Gulf Tower Peregrine Falcon Chicks Receive Checkup
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Gulf Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh is home to a number of businesses and the KDKA-TV Weather Beacon, but that’s not all. A family of peregrine falcons has set up shop there...
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Gulf Tower Lights Set To Display City’s Mood As Part Of New Art Exhibit
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_1002201519080090201AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Low-energy LED lights replaced the older version on top of the Gulf Tower a couple years back. The colors of...
View ArticleGulf Tower Falcon Lays Her First Egg
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A National Aviary camera reveals that a peregrine falcon nesting near the top of the Gulf Tower has laid her first egg. “They lay between three and five,” says Aviary ornithologist...
View ArticleGulf Tower’s Peregrine Falcon Chicks Banded, Given Check-Up
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — From her perch on the 37th floor of the Gulf Tower, mama falcon knows something is up. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is here for the banding of her latest brood of peregrines....
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Pittsburgh Skyline Lights Up Blue For Synagogue Shooting Victims
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh skyline turned blue Monday night in honor of the 11 victims killed over the weekend in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in...
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Pittsburgh Buildings Light Up Orange For Nonprofit’s 100th Anniversary
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh will light up orange for the 100th anniversary of Easterseals, a nonprofit healthcare organization. Easterdeals provides services for Americans...
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Gulf Tower Pyramid Restoration Project Underway
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It once stood at the top of the Pittsburgh skyline — now the very top of the Gulf Tower is getting a facelift. You may have noticed scaffolding surrounding...
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Gulf Tower Evacuated Due To Possible Transformer Fire, Smoke Rises From Top...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Gulf Tower downtown was evacuated Wednesday morning after a basement fire caused smoke to pour from the top of the skyscraper around the Weather Beacon....
View ArticleFire Investigators: Electrical System Failure Caused Gulf Tower Blaze
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire’s Investigation Unit says it has determined the cause of last month’s fire at the Gulf Tower downtown. According to...
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Gulf Tower Condemned By City Of Pittsburgh Inspectors Following Electrical...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s been almost two weeks since fire sent smoke out of the top of the Gulf Tower in downtown Pittsburgh. Now, there is a condemnation notice on the building, posted by the city’s...
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Gulf Tower In Downtown Pittsburgh Reopens To Tenants
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One of Pittsburgh’s prominent skyscrapers reopens today, nearly six months after being damaged by a fire. Tenants will be able to enter the Gulf Tower once...
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Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower Lights Up In Solidarity With Ukraine
By: Mike Darnay/KDKA-TV PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Another one of Pittsburgh’s iconic buildings has become lit in the colors of Ukraine’s flag in solidarity with the nation. Last week, Ukraine was invaded by...
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