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The Builders is a reminder of the actual people that have done the work to make Pittsburgh the city that it is today. Politicians take credit for the city’s Renaissance I and II, but the constuction crews, surveyors, metal workers, brick layers, heavy equipment operators, engineers and all the other craftsmen and laborers made it a reality.
The Mellon Stuart Company commissioned this sculpture and it was modeled after two of their employees. It was installed in Allegheny Landing, a sculpture park located between the 6th and 7th Street bridges, in 1984. The Carnegie Museum actually has ownership of the sculpture.
The two Mellon Stuart employees that modeled for this statue were: Roy Herman Lederer and Richard Creighan, both from the North Hills.
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