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The historic building now known as LiveWell was one of Pittsburgh’s first skyscrapers. Originally a luxury department store called McCreery & Co. that opened in 1904, it was designed by the great Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. a timeless asset has been reborn as prime apartments.
1894 - Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Oliver and Chicago architect Daniel Burnham meet on a train in Egypt while seeing the pyramids with their wives.
1901 - Impressed by the architect’s Grant Street skyscraper for Henry Clay Frick, Oliver commissions Burnham to design two skyscrapers on opposite ends of a block along Sixth Avenue.
1904 - The McCreery & Co. department store opens to rave reviews, especially for its bright glazed terracotta exterior.
1910 - The Henry W. Oliver Building, the tallest skyscraper ever designed by Burnham, opens on the other end of the block.
1938 - After more than three decades in business, McCreery & Co. closes. Westinghouse leases the window displays to showcase its appliances.
1942 - Remodeling for a new anchor tenant, furniture store Spear & Co., replaces the lower floors' terracotta and adds a colored glass mural, "The Puddler".
1956 - A local steel manufacturer moves in, adding a new entrance and elevators at 300 Sixth Avenue. The structure is redubbed the Blaw-Knox Building.
1966 - Pittsburgh Press Club opens a plush new penthouse lounge and dining room on the roof.
1996 - Nutritional supplements retailer GNC acquires the building and makes it their corporate headquarters.
2021 -Victrix buys the building from GNC and announces plans to convert it into residential units.
2024 - LiveWell welcomes its first residents following the most extensive remodeling in the building’s 120-year history, including a new rooftop clubhouse and deck.
