| Year | Land Rate | Building Rate |
| 1913 | .0089 | .0089 |
| 1914 | .0094 | .0846 |
| 1915 | .0102 | .00918 |
| 1916 | .0126 | .01088 |
| 1917 | .0155 | .0092 |
| 1918 | .0145 | .0116 |
| 1919 | .0157 | .01099 |
| 1920 | .019 | .0133 |
| 1921 | .020 | .0140 |
| 1922 | .020 | .0120 |
| 1923 | .020 | .0120 |
| 1924 | .020 | .0120 |
| 1925 | .0195 | .00975 |
| 1926 | .0224 | .0112 |
| 1927 | .0224 | .0112 |
| 1928 | .025 | .0125 |
| 1929 | .025 | .0125 |
| 1930 | .026 | .013 |
| 1931 | .0255 | .01275 |
| 1932 | .0230 | .0115 |
| 1933 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1934 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1935 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1936 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1937 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1938 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1939 | .0206 | .0103 |
| 1940 | .023 | .0115 |
| 1941 | .023 | .0115 |
| 1942 | .0225 | .01125 |
| 1943 | .0225 | .01125 |
| 1944 | .025 | .0125 |
| 1945 | .025 | .0125 |
| 1946 | .028 | .014 |
| 1947 | .028 | .014 |
| 1948 | .028 | .014 |
| 1949 | .028 | .014 |
| 1950 | .028 | .014 |
| 1951 | .028 | .014 |
| 1952 | .033 | .0165 |
| 1953 | .032 | .016 |
| 1954 | .032 | .016 |
| 1955 | .032 | .016 |
| 1956 | .034 | .017 |
| 1957 | .033 | .0165 |
| 1958 | .033 | .0165 |
| 1959 | .037 | .0185 |
| 1960 | .037 | .0185 |
| Year | Land | Buildings | Total | |
| 1914 | $480,858,940 | $282,069,870 | $762,928,810 | |
| 1915 | 480,191,010 | 290,833,300 | 771,024,310 | |
| 1916 | 483,316,070 | 299,247,850 | 782,563,920 | |
| 19I7 | 482,149,040 | 310,793,800 | 792,942,840 | |
| 1918 | 482,132,590 | 320,438,820 | 802,571,410 | |
| 1919 | 480,131,130 | 325,889,600 | 806,020,730 | |
| 1920 | 479,850,740 | 334,658,810 | 8I4,509,550 | |
| 1921 | 480,461,700 | 349,386,420 | 829,848,120 | |
| 1922 | 487,939,620 | 380,238,310 | 868,177,930 | |
| 1923 | 532,688,420 | 396,I76,380 | 928,864,800 | |
| 1924 | 530,675,130 | 420,482,780 | 951,157,910 | |
| 1925 | 547,475,280 | 441,354,840 | 988,830,120 | |
| 1926 | 548,219,170 | 465,897,650 | 1,014,II6,820 | |
| 1927 | 554,616,950 | 505,396,600 | 1,060,013,550 | |
| 1928 | 573,738,300 | 535,104,I40 | 1,108,842,440 | |
| 1929 | 574,589,080 | 562,017,070 | 1,136,606,150 | |
| 1930 | 576,882,690 | 587,781,070 | 1,164,663,760 | |
| 1931 | 590,968,170 | 617,201,910 | 1,208,170,080 | |
| 1932 | 586,692,810 | 621,573,310 | 1,208,266,120 | |
| 1933 | 586,380,I00 | 625,257,730 | 1,211,637,830 | |
| 1934 | 566,584,170 | 614,224,490 | 1,I80,808,660 | |
| 1935 | 562,365,560 | 609,719,210 | 1,172,084,770 | |
| 1936 | 59I,172,360 | 620,695,530 | * | 1,2II,867,890 |
| 1937 | 556,552,050 | 543,891,880 | ** | 1,100,I43,930 |
| 1938 | 552,691,800 | 546,169,870 | 1,098,861,670 | |
| 1939 | 551,239,420 | 547,532,170 | 1,098,771,590 | |
| 1940 | 513,117,520 | 533,906,340 | 1,047,023,860 | |
| 1941 | 504,089,300 | 532,013,980 | 1,036,103,280 | |
| 1942 | 498,984,600 | 532,854,480 | 1,031,839,080 | |
| 1943 | 471,359,772 | 572,650,892 | 1,044,010,664 | |
| 1944 | 456,030,196 | 554,171,127 | 1,010,20I,323 | |
| 1945 | 430,707,673 | 549,619,688 | 980,327,361 | |
| 1946 | 421,415,078 | 541,061,079 | 962,476,157 | |
| 1947 | 419,182,075 | 542,280,329 | 96I,462,404 | |
| 1948 | 414,584,807 | 557,368,549 | 97I,953,356 | |
| 1949 | 413,682,935 | 567,399,829 | 981,082,764 | |
| 1950 | 412,663,176 | 577,131,134 | 989,794,310 | |
| 1951 | 412,528,625 | 605,357,129 | 1,017,885,754 | |
| 1952 | 409,837,170 | 618,976,086 | 1,028,813,256 | |
| 1953 | 414,326,522 | 650,846,910 | 1,065,173,432 | |
| 1954 | 412,629,034 | 695,063,971 | 1,107,693,005 | |
| 1955 | 411,613,575 | 701,224,268 | 1,112,837,843 | |
| 1956 | 403,829,072 | 712,167,076 | 1,115,996,148 | |
| 1957 | 407,382,041 | 723,109,910 | 1,130,491,951 | |
| 1958 | 412,403,924 | 733,310,951 | 1,145,714,875 | |
| 1959 | 405,182,700 | 744,505,304 | 1,149,688,004 | |
| 1960 | 424,652,123 | 777,149,801 | 1,201,801,924 | |
| * Includes Public Utilities Valuations, $41,019,540 ** Does not include same | ||||
| Property | Flat Tax Rate | Graded Tax | Tax Savings |
| United States Steel Building | $369,821.50 | $308,376.87 | $61,444.63 |
| Gateway Centers Buildings 1-2-3 | 452,028.40 | 400,946.09 | 51,082.31 |
| Alcoa Building | 201,847.00 | 165,533.56 | 36,313.44 |
| Gateway Center Building No. 4 | 183,080.25 | 150,708.77 | 32,371.48 |
| Gulf Building | 127,679.75 | 112,746.03 | 14,933.72 |
| Grant Building | 103,215.10 | 88,673.53 | 14,541.57 |
| Koppers Building | 117,210.00 | 102,558.08 | 14,651.92 |
| Porter Building | 84,300.00 | 73,482.00 | 10,818.00 |
| Bell Telephone Company Building | 117,205.00 | 95,704.20 | 21,500.80 |
| Law and Finance Building | 22,075.00 | 19,129.00 | 2,946.00 |
| Investment Building | 17,051.75 | 14,414.09 | 2,637.66 |
| Union Bank Building | 26,400.00 | 24,161.00 | 2,239.00 |
| Remington-Rand Building | 19,734.25 | 17,440.69 | 2,293.56 |
| Commonwealth Building | 25,533.37 | 24,184.50 | 1,348.87 |
| Benedum-Trees Building | 9,915.00 | 8,846.70 | 1,068.30 |
| Hilton Hotel | 173,338.75 | 146,455.25 | 26,883.50 |
| Carleton House Hotel | 116,852.25 | 105,765.00 | 11,087.25 |
| Sherwyn Hotel | 29,903.50 | 28,106.68 | 1,796.82 |
| Pittsburgher Hotel | 24,591.75 | 23,730.69 | 861.06 |
| Fort Pitt Hotel | 20,215.00 | 19,343.60 | 871.40 |
| Property | Flat Tax Rate | Graded Tax | Tax Savings |
| Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation | $298,643.12 | $272,008.64 | $26,634.48 |
| H. J. Heinz Company | 166,426.75 | 135,088.30 | 31,338.45 |
| Duquesne Brewing Company | 58,487.00 | 45,702.22 | 12,784.78 |
| Blaw-Knox Corporation | 37,168.13 | 33,073.93 | 4,094.20 |
| Rieck Dairy Company | 30,717.88 | 26,560.36 | 4,157.52 |
| Williams & Company, Inc. | 23,786.93 | 14,785.02 | 9,001.91 |
| Armstrong Cork Company | 17,266.87 | 10,843.67 | 6,423.20 |
| Joseph Horne Company Warehouse | 32,217.50 | 26,183.05 | 6,034.45 |
| Kroger Company Warehouse | 28,566.25 | 25,516.13 | 3,050.12 |
| Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. | 13,305.00 | 11,746.02 | 1,558.98 |
| Federal Cold Storage Company | 18,901.75 | 17,236.82 | 1,664.93 |
| North Pole Ice Company | 10,311.50 | 8,926.42 | 1,385.08 |
| National Casket Company | 11,797.25 | 10,537.41 | 1,259.84 |
| Graybar Electric Company | 10,119.00 | 9,138.63 | 980.37 |
| Hubbard & Company | 14,179.88 | 13,249.52 | 930.36 |
| Galveston Corporation | 8,232.50 | 7,340.80 | 891.70 |
| Allis-Chalmers Company | 23,343.75 | 22,824.37 | 519.38 |
| Beatrice Foods Company | 8,021.37 | 7,063.39 | 957.98 |
| National Biscuit Company | 2,049.50 | 1,878.86 | 170.64 |
| Pittsburgh Tin Ware Mfg. Co. | 2,231.2 f | 2,017.42 | 213.83 |
| Property | Flat Tax Rate | Graded Tax | Tax Savings |
| Bigelow Apartments | $63,948.75 | $54,642.52 | $ 9,306.23 |
| Park Plaza | 56,159.38 | 45,136.30 | 11,023.08 |
| University Square | 31,474.42 | 25,306.22 | 6,168.20 |
| Fairfax Apartments | 22,875.00 | 18,315.00 | 4,560.00 |
| Royal York Apartments | 24,954.75 | 19,079.79 | 5,874.96 |
| Noble Manor | 35,014.75 | 30,904.25 | 4,110.50 |
| Chatham Village | 32,059.00 | 28,138.50 | 3,920.50 |
| Park Mansions | 17,615.00 | 14,962.80 | 2,652.20 |
| Center Court Apartments | 22,218.75 | 18,361.25 | 3,857.50 |
| Negley Apartments | 7,945.00 | 7,068.35 | 876.15 |
| Royal Gardens | 13,598.75 | 12,174.85 | 1,423.90 |
| Fifth-Neville Apartments | 9,523.70 | 8,026.13 | 1,497.57 |
| Morewood-Fifth Apartments | 15,776.25 | 14,311.60 | 1,464.65 |
| Amberson Gardens | 33,670.00 | 29,217.05 | 4,452.95 |
| Royal Windsor Apartments | 7,450.75 | 6,049.68 | 1,401.07 |
| Ruskin Apartments | 19,974.00 | 16,496.08 | 3,477.92 |
| Forbes-Craig Apartments | 8,463.00 | 6,691.32 | 1,776.18 |
| University Club | 13,728.00 | 11,973.94 | 1,754.06 |
| Twentieth Century Club | 7,696.26 | 6,154.95 | 1,541.31 |
| King Edward Apartments | 7,575.00 | 6,179.00 | 1,396.00 |
| Property | Ward | Flat Tax Rate | Graded Tax | Tax Savings |
| 1310 Beechwood Blvd. | (14) | $ 595.00 | $ 529.10 | $65.90 |
| 6865 Penham Place | (14) | 427.50 | 371.85 | 55.65 |
| 5564 Aylesboro Ave. | (14) | 1,927.00 | 1,871.46 | 55.54 |
| 1310 Inverness St. | (14) | 618.75 | 573.50 | 42.25 |
| 510 Glen Arden Drive | (14) | 375.00 | 333.00 | 42.00 |
| 1106 Goodman St. | (14) | 237.50 | 181.30 | 56.20 |
| 450 S. Dallas Ave. | (14) | 304.37 | 282.12 | 22.25 |
| 5558 Aylesboro Ave. | (14) | 880.00 | 867.65 | 12.35 |
| 5529 Dunmoyle St. | (14) | 366.37 | 357.23 | 9.14 |
| 5817 Wayne Road | (11) | 355.00 | 331.15 | 23.85 |
| 904 Wellesley Road | (11) | 225.00 | 203.50 | 21.50 |
| 4341 Andover Terrace | (5) | 126.25 | 94.35 | 31.90 |
| 2535 Alliquippa St. | (5) | 162.50 | 128.75 | 23.75 |
| 2051 Frankella Ave. | (13) | 160.00 | 137.82 | 22.18 |
| 8357 Perchment St | (13) | 149.50 | 128.76 | 20.74 |
| 1313 Oakridge St. | (19) | 117.50 | 98.05 | 19.45 |
| 535 Woodbourne Ave. | (19) | 153.75 | 131.75 | 15.00 |
| 3009 Mt. Allister Road | (26) | 201.00 | 169.83 | 31.17 |
| 109 Belplain St. | (29) | 239.75 | 197.58 | 42.17 |
| 2005 Dowling Road | (29) | 163.75 | 131.35 | 32.40 |
| Property | Graded Tax | Flat Rate Tax | Tax Increase |
| 200 Fifth Avenue | $30,210.50 | $21,600.00 | $8,610.50 |
| 212 Fifth Avenue | 4,184.70 | 2,902.50 | 1,282.20 |
| 225 Fifth Avenue | 5,920.00 | 3,894.00 | 2,026.00 |
| 226-28 Fifth Avenue | 6,972.65 | 5,007.25 | 1,965.40 |
| 237-39 Fifth Avenue | 7,252,00 | 5,112.50 | 2,139.50 |
| 256 Fifth Avenue | 18,315.00 | 12,750.00 | 5,565.00 |
| 310 Fifth Avenue | 29,674.00 | 21,807.50 | 7,866.50 |
| 319-21 Fifth Avenue | 15,605.12 | 11,648.50 | 3,056.62 |
| 514 Grant Street | 2,221.85 | 1,620.00 | 601.85 |
| 631 Smithfield Street | 2,244.05 | 1,597.50 | 646.55 |
| 520-22 Wood Street | 3,552.00 | 2,550.00 | 1,002.00 |
| 230-34 Diamond Street | 5,476.00 | 3,950.00 | 1,526.00 |
| 311 Fourth Avenue | 3,953.30 | 2,985.00 | 970.30 |
| 627 Liberty Avenue | 3,071.00 | 2,200.00 | 871.00 |
| 901 Penn Avenue | 2,294.00 | 1,800.00 | 494.00 |
| 3702 Forbes Avenue | 940.72 | 688.12 | 252.60 |
| 58362 Forbes Avenue | 1,726.60 | 1,341.62 | 384.98 |
| 6001 Penn Avenue | 10,915.00 | 7,900.00 | 3,015.00 |
| 502 Federal Street | 1,184.00 | 900.00 | 284.00 |
| 504-06 Federal Street | 2,166.16 | 1,698.00 | 468.16 |
Commonwealth Building
Plaza Building
Jones Law Building
Manor Building
Century Building
Bessemer Building
House Building
Penn-Sheraton Hotel
Commerce Building
Federal Reserve Bank Building
Keystone Building
Oliver Building
Empire Building
Keenan Building
Peoples Bank Building
Frick Building
Berger Building
Clark Building
Stanley Theatre
Gimbels Store
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph Horne Company Store
Harris Theatre
First National Bank Building
McCann Store Building
(Above properties show no net tax savings, but higher land taxes are largely offset by lower building taxes on major portion of the real estate assessment.)
Saturday Evening Post, August 3, 1946; June 9, 1956
Commonwealth, September, 1947
Pittsburgh Bulletin Index, January, 1948
Business Week, March 12, 1949; June 21, 1952; April 2, 1955
Greater Pittsburgh, April, 1949
National Geographic, July, 1949
Time, October 3, 1949
Architectural Forum, November, 1949
The American City, July, 1950
Town and Country, August, 1950
Harper's, January, 1951; August, 1956
The Atlantic Monthly, May, 1951
Fortune, June, 1952
The Spectator (London), December 19, 1952
Real Estate, March, 1953 ; January, 1960
Collier's, May 30, 1953
USA, Tomorrow, October, 1954
National Municipal Review, March, 1955
Reader's Digest, May, 1955
Liberty Magazine, February, 1956
Life, May 14, 1956
Look, January 8, 1957
The Nation, February 8, 1958
Holiday, March, 1959
Engineering News-Record, November 19, 1959
Esquire, September, 1960
Newsweek., October 24, 1960