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The complex sits on six city blocks (5½ acres) bound by Forbes Avenue and the Boulevard of the Allies on its north and south sides, and Stanwix Street and Wood Street to its east and west.
PPG Place opened an ice skating rink on December 10, 2001 that has become a popular seasonal attraction in downtown. A 60-foot (18 m) Christmas tree is in the center of the rink. At 9,600 square feet (890 m2), the surface is over 2,000 square feet (190 m2) larger than the famous rink in New York's Rockefeller Center.
During the rest of the year, the area with the ice rink is a plaza with tables open to the public. The plaza features a fountain with 140 water jets and uses 280 underground lights. Opened in 2003, it was designed by WET Design and SWA Group landscape architecture and urban design. At the center of the fountain is a pink granite obelisk.
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