[alphawolf]

Same thoughts as well Joey D.

[PRLJAMBLK]

It will never be a 1000' so get over it. Not sure why your all so hung up on a number. Height of a building is not what makes for a great city.

[CHAPINM1]

It will never be a 1000' so get over it. Not sure why your all so hung up on a number. Height of a building is not what makes for a great city.

Well I'm sure it may account for something, even if it's a tiny amount... It definetly gets attention that's a definate!

[SouthPhilly]

how many people see this building dailly?

...5 million people


how people know the height of this building?

...not a lot

[tower]

^Incorrect. Everyone who sets their sight on Comcast Center are immediately plagued with thoughts on why it isn't over 1000' feet. Everyone. Even small children and those who are legally retarded.

[ardecila]

Is this Stern's tallest building to date?

[bryson662001]

^Incorrect. Everyone who sets their sight on Comcast Center are immediately plagued with thoughts on why it isn't over 1000' feet. Everyone. Even small children and those who are legally retarded.
I am still convinced there is a good and specific reason why they tried to keep this building below 1000 ft. Someone once meantioned insurance. It has to be somthing like that. There is no other logical explanation.

[sabino86]

^Incorrect. Everyone who sets their sight on Comcast Center are immediately plagued with thoughts on why it isn't over 1000' feet. Everyone. Even small children and those who are legally retarded.

:haha:

[GarCastle]

^Incorrect. Everyone who sets their sight on Comcast Center are immediately plagued with thoughts on why it isn't over 1000' feet. Everyone. Even small children and those who are legally retarded.

LOL Tower. Sometimes I think I'm illegally retarded.

Here are some shots from last night and then today. Just when you thought you already saw too many shots of this building. :^)
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/635/dscn0372df4.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/197/dscn0378dm5.jpg

And here the canadian forces move in to make their own mark on our newest glory. Sadly it was too large of a force for our pigeons to defend against:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7838/dscn0382ig9.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9645/dscn0389gz4.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5712/dscn0393qf0.jpg

I didn't even notice the crane on the right half-gone until reviewing these now:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1657/dscn0390pk5.jpg

Then I had some time to burn while waiting on a train:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3269/dscn0400hf4.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4244/dscn0401me6.jpg

Imaging being on that orange-red ladder and as you step up you see all that empty space beneath you. :^)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5669/dscn0403qs5.jpg

For a near-full skyline shot, see the Symphony thread.

[Swinefeld]

Memo to all the locals, Fox29 is going to do a story tonight (May 7) about the Comcast Center and its construction. The story will deal with anti-terror features being built in.

[volguus zildrohar]

I'll keep that in mind, Swine. I do have to say everyone's been taking some great photos - if I haven't already.

[apetrella802]

unlike the NY Times that took pleasure in revealing our intercept secreats i hope they don't tell us or THEM too much!

[Cro Burnham]

Memo to all the locals, Fox29 is going to do a story tonight (May 7) about the Comcast Center and its construction. The story will deal with anti-terror features being built in.

Is the damn lefty media revealing our most sensitive security secrets again?!! First Abu Ghraib, then Katrina, now this? Don't they have any patriotism?

I say: "send the traitors to Guantanamo!"

[EDIT]. . . . oh, it's Fox. Well never mind then, Rupert Murdoch is a truer American than any liberal, even if he is Australian. So it must be cool.

---------------------------------------------------

Anyway, the latest from PBJ:

Bank's move means Comcast Center now 95% leased
Philadelphia Business Journal - 11:06 AM EDT Monday, May 7, 2007

Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania is moving its regional headquarters from the Commerce Square Building at 2001 Market St. in Philadelphia to the new Comcast Center.

The lease means that the Comcast Center, under construction at 17th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, is now more than 95 percent leased.

Citizens signed a 50,000-square-foot lease: 48,000 square feet of office space over two floors and 2,000 square feet of retail space, as well as concourse level space, for a bank branch. Citizens occupies 32,000 square feet at Commerce Square

The Comcast Center, which is being developed by Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY) of Malvern, Pa., as the new headquarters for cable giant Comcast Corp., will stand 58 stories with 1.25 million square feet of space.

Citizens was represented in the lease by Binswanger Co. of Philadelphia.

Comcast, currently based at Centre Square at 15th and Market streets, will begin moving to its new headquarters in September.

Bill Hankowsky, Liberty's president and CEO, was named in February to the board of Citizens' parent company, Citizen Financial Group of Providence, R.I.

[Palms]

Marvelous photos everyone. Meanwhile Citizens Bank moves regional HQ from Commerce Square over to Comcast Center.

Never mind . See that Cro Burnham beat me to it.


Bank's move means Comcast Center now 95% leased

Philadelphia Business Journal - 11:06 AM EDT Monday, May 7,

[PhillyRising]

^It's not good that all that is happening is that current CC companies are just moving around and not new businesses moving into the spaces.

[giovanni sasso]

the citizens move is small, but comcast's move is huge, and they're expanding their work force by four digits. i'd say that all things considered, that's pretty good. plus they'll be paying taxes since they (rightfully) didn't get the KOZ tax abatement.

ardecila, i believe that this is stern's tallest building.

whilst out on the weekend ...

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1415.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1400.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1422.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1417.jpg

[Cro Burnham]

^It's not good that all that is happening is that current CC companies are just moving around and not new businesses moving into the spaces.

Unfortunately, that is what has been happening since about 1991.

[Plompy Lfeata]

Companies might move to bigger buildings but somewhere down the line new companies have to move in to the empty spots ( or growing businesses). the point is there has to be growth for these buildings to be built otherwise there would be no profit. so it really is a good thing even though it might not look like it.

[Plompy Lfeata]

does anyone know how to delete posts? i asked this on the dubai thread 'casue i accidently posted too many times. i know this doesnt have anything to do with the cc so i will delete this one too once i figure out how.

[JMininger]

Unfortunately, that is what has been happening since about 1991.

I'm not interested in starting a political discussion but at my own risk I will admit that while I am fairly progressive on social issues, I am old school conservative on fiscal issues. Eliminate the high tax environment ... like I'm saying something new :haha: Center city has so much going for it that if Philadelphia's tax environment was even reasonably competitive with the suburbs or large cities outside of the northeast and the city aggressively marketed the cost of doing business in Philadelphia along with its other advantages, it would catch on fire. We are not talking about padding the bottom line, we are talking about attracting jobs and companies and enabling small to medium sized companies who are struggling to survive to have a chance in Philadelphia. This will more than make up the difference to the city coffers. It works, but you have to think longer term than I think people have patience for. Speaking of advantages for the city, among the many advantages is the proximity to 3 nationally known universities within a couple of subway stops from city hall and then at least 3 more a little further out. Think of the cities that have truly taken advantage of its universities to create opportunities and attract companies and jobs and slow down the exodus of college graduates. It is a significant selling point that I think Philly just hasn't done enough with. For example, Raleigh/Durham is bursting at the seams ... but it would be nothing more than a truck stop and abandoned tobacco factories if it wasn't for Duke, UNC, NCSU, etal and the Research Triangle Park that exists because of them. Another thing ... do something with those labor unions, anything at all. Labor unions had their place and maybe in certain cases they still do in some fashion but things have gone too far. Companies do not want to have to deal with them and guess what, in most parts of the country ... the growing parts ... they don't have to.

[looper121]

Wow Fox 29's got some production issues. Sheesh. The "ah, fuck it and go to commercial" affect was in full force. What was that?

[ltsmotorsport]

I so I was watching PTI today and TK was in in Philly, and had a backdrop behind him, but CC wasn't in it! :old: I'm highly disappointed with the ESPN production crew. ;)

[Pinoy2.0]

I so I was watching PTI today and TK was in in Philly, and had a backdrop behind him, but CC wasn't in it! :old: I'm highly disappointed with the ESPN production crew. ;)

join the club :) ESPN is more after school specials than sports. I think they (in combination with ABC probably) recycle some of the shots, even the blimp shots and stills and 'action' night shots (well, night shots with activity). I remember them showing the skyline when the colors weren't what the were that night.

so....in relation to the murano thread, would cc be the same in regards to replacing the windows that are in the wrong place? there's that one transparent one on the west side and another one i think on the north east side. they wouldn't leave them in there would they? glass fits in, but it's the wrong type of glass...it's not broken either.

[ATLskyline]

Why couldnt the original two cranes finish the tower?

And how is this new crane going to be lowered since it looks like it is in the elevator shaft and the other two cranes look like they are already being lowered?

[Daquan13]

Looks like one of the cranes are being dismantled - a sign that most of the
construction is done.

[PhillyRising]

I so I was watching PTI today and TK was in in Philly, and had a backdrop behind him, but CC wasn't in it! :old: I'm highly disappointed with the ESPN production crew. ;)

What can you expect from a network that still bashes this city on a yearly basis for throwing snowballs at a fan posing as Santa Claus 39 years ago?

[Swinefeld]

Wow Fox 29's got some production issues. Sheesh. The "ah, fuck it and go to commercial" affect was in full force. What was that?
I know. Fox 29 has got to have the most unprofessional people working there. I mean, WTF? They teased the story for at least one day before airing. Nobody checked the story for errors prior to air time? And to just cut away to a commercial break without so much as an explanation or an apology? Really lame, but not surprising.

End rant. :whip:

[ichigo]

hahaha yeah that was pretty funny. I came home early just to watch the story, and the sound cut off right in the middle of it. The views from the top were pretty nice though.

I'm surprised anybody even did a story about Comcast center. You would think since it's the tallest building in the city, news programs would be all over it.

[justremember]

I so I was watching PTI today and TK was in in Philly, and had a backdrop behind him, but CC wasn't in it! :old: I'm highly disappointed with the ESPN production crew. ;)

I guessing that, unlike 99.9% of the people here, the average PTI viewer doesn't tune in to see a skyscraper in mid-construction. I'm still waiting to see how long after CC is finished before they refresh their backdrops.

[nimrod]

May 2
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t187/scylla108/Johnsworkmay2217.jpg

[phillyskyline]

I am the average PTI viewer & I do watch construction progress of this skyscraper....

[ichigo]

FOX29 just said that : "We were unable to bring you a special report about Comcast Center, but we will air it again on Sat at 10pm, and it's always availible on www.myfoxphilly.com"

I guess they've fixed sound problems ;)

[sabino86]

May 2


THATS HOT HOT HOT!!!!!!
:upload_71700: :awesome: :drummer: :eeekk: :thrasher: :righton:

[theWatusi]

and it's always availible on www.myfoxphilly.com"


I just was all over their site <shudder> and couldnt find it. Anyone else have luck?

[ichigo]

I just was all over their site <shudder> and couldnt find it. Anyone else have luck?

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3145831&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

it was the first thing I saw when I went there just now :) ... may be they just posted it....

[theWatusi]

:previous: pretty good! I see that there are actively working on interior finishes (drywall) on the lower floors already.

[tower]

that pennsauken view has got to be one of the sweetest angles i've ever seen of the skyline

[volguus zildrohar]

May 7/8:

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/78532011.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/78532015.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/78532016.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/78532018.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/78532013/original.jpg

[volguus zildrohar]

ATLskyline, the last crane will be removed by helicopter.

[RadHaz75]

ATLskyline, the last crane will be removed by helicopter.

and it looks like as of this morning they have begun removing the tower from the jfk street crane. exciting stuff! :banana:

[RadHaz75]

i just took lancaster ave all the way in from the main line and right before the overbrook septa maintenance place at the top of the hill is a great view of the whole city, the buildings are aligned just right so that they look biggest to smallest, with comcast beaming out. anyone care to venture out there to check it out? i would but i dont have a descent camera or a steady hand.

[theWatusi]

.

[TheOldMan]

^^^good find Watusi, put it in the Philly thread in "City Compilations"

[GarCastle]

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7752/dscn0431zv8.jpg


http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/7200/dscn0421ze4.jpg


http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5111/dscn0432in9.jpg


And a bit larger resolution:
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5605/dscn0437ob9.jpg

[theWatusi]

^^^good find Watusi, put it in the Philly thread in "City Compilations"

Crap...I was switching back and forth between here and PB and forgot where I was http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/images/smilies/duh.gif

[DUBAI2015]

Are they starting work on the glass crown?

[MJPhilly]

Great pics Garcastle. Same to you, VZ... new camera? Looks like the sensor meltdown went away.

[tower]

man, that glass. pretty.

[blart]

Really nice recent pictures!

[TheOldMan]

Crap...I was switching back and forth between here and PB and forgot where I was http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/images/smilies/duh.gif

its all good man.

[k2wilde]

Here are a couple of shots from Thurs 3rd May. I've been having some Comp. problems which has caused the delay in showing some of my photos.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/k2wilde/DSCN0548.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/k2wilde/DSCN0573.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/k2wilde/DSCN0547.jpg

[RadHaz75]

:previous: better late than never! great shots, k2. i like the view from vine street.

[RadHaz75]

disassembling the arch st crane right now! the boom is laying on top of the building right now

[MJPhilly]

From the gazebo near the Water Works, Friday May 11:

http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/projects/construction/comcast/images/0705-01.jpg

[SignLion]

So if the crane on top of the core is at least 25' higher than the final steel beam, we'll have a 1000-footer... for a couple months at least.

:jester:

[GarCastle]

Another quick shot:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3120/dscn0452iu2.jpg

[TechTalkGuy]

Good progress!

Thanks for the updates - much appreciated. :)

[suphilly]

is that the mass tuning damper on top?

[Fabb]

It looks like one.

[JMininger]

is that the mass tuning damper on top?

Have no idea. I had the impression that it was going to be flown in instead of constructed. Maybe that is a bathtub or container for the damper ??? That would seem to make sense but it is just a guess.

[GarCastle]

Another shot of the top, closer and higher rez this time perhaps it will help answer the damper question:
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3833/dscn0467fr2.jpg

[RadHaz75]

well wait a second, i dont think they can install the damper yet... isn't the new crane right in the middle of where it should be?

PS great shot GarCastle

[DIESELPOLO]

so the retailers are being announced for the comast center. plenty of food places and citizens bank. dibruno brothers, sushi place, 2 upscale restaurants (george perrier). makes sense. with more people in that area, they're gonna wanna eat. speaking of which, is it known the approximate amount of workers will be using the building? the amount of people in downtown will increase significantly i would think. septa better add some more cars on the R2, R3, etc. for rush hours.

[looper121]

A quick Comcast Reflecty Shot.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/Looper121/IMGP1167.jpg

[JMininger]

so the retailers are being announced for the comast center. plenty of food places and citizens bank. dibruno brothers, sushi place, 2 upscale restaurants (george perrier). makes sense. with more people in that area, they're gonna wanna eat. speaking of which, is it known the approximate amount of workers will be using the building? the amount of people in downtown will increase significantly i would think. septa better add some more cars on the R2, R3, etc. for rush hours.

I would guess that in the short term there will be a net effect of almost nothing as most workers will be moving from one part of center city to another. I might be wrong, with the space, perhaps there is some consolidation that brings people in from outside center city. Long term, possibly. There will be vacated space that will need to be filled somehow if it isn't converted into something else.

Looks like Philly is going Nutter.

[kraggman]

Looks like the Three Stooges are finishing this project. :)
That's some wacky lookin' stuff goin' on up top.

[philliesphinest]

:previous: DiBruno Brothers kicks ass!!!!

Congrats to Michael Nutter. Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Hey Tom Knox Goodbye!!! BTW Thank god these TV ads are over.

[DIESELPOLO]

:previous: DiBruno Brothers kicks ass!!!!

Congrats to Michael Nutter. Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Hey Tom Knox Goodbye!!! BTW Thank god these TV ads are over.

The TV ads! haha, so funny. Yeh, i love cheese too (dibruno bros.)
But as far as the amount of workers in cc, i was under the impression that comcast didn't have nearly the amount of operations in cc that it will now have consolidated in this building. so most of the workforce is already working in a center city office building?

[bucks native]

Any photos of what's going on below street level - the concourse?

[skyscraper]

:previous: DiBruno Brothers kicks ass!!!!

Congrats to Michael Nutter. Nah Nah Nah, Nah Nah Nah Hey Tom Knox Goodbye!!! BTW Thank god these TV ads are over.

don't count knox out yet. he got a pretty good showing among you democrats at the primary, and I know a lot of repubs and indies like him too. he could still run as an independent in the general election.

[RadHaz75]

The TV ads! haha, so funny. Yeh, i love cheese too (dibruno bros.)
But as far as the amount of workers in cc, i was under the impression that comcast didn't have nearly the amount of operations in cc that it will now have consolidated in this building. so most of the workforce is already working in a center city office building?

the new building will consolidate workers from serveral buildings across center city right now (3+) as they have no more room in centre square

[UCityPhila]

Another quick shot:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3120/dscn0452iu2.jpg

Must be EXHILARATING to take a leak some 900 feet in the air!

[GarCastle]

I saw a decent blurb on www.commercialpropertynews.com about the CC employees when I was looking into where *I* would be moving if I became part of the UPHS move to Centre Square, here's an excerpt:

"UPHS will occupy 1500 Market in phases, first moving into 64,000 square feet in the upper mezzanine this fall. in October 2008, the firm will move into 113,500 square feet now occupied by Comcast on the eighth through 11th floors. The lease also includes an option for an additional 85,500 square feet on floors 16 through 18.

UPHS's lease is also significant because it represents commitments for space that will be vacated next year by Comcast Corp., which will move into the 1.25 million square foot Comcast Center next year. All told, new tenants have now taken down 70 percent of Comcast's space at 1500 Market. Most recently, the law firm Dilworth Paxson L.L.P. leased 72,000 square feet in Centre Square's east tower and will take occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2008."


So yes there will be much shuffling of existing employees between Comcast shifting and some of Penn Health shifting to take some of their freed up space. Comcast does plan on adding X,xxx additional jobs in the center city location so there will have to be more Septa cars at that point. :^) Or they'll just make us all cram in and stand lol.

[GarCastle]

Must be EXHILARATING to take a leak some 900 feet in the air!

I wonder how long it takes a construction worker to get up to the top? I bet that guy peeing off the roof would found out exactly how long it would take since the guys he pee'd on would be up there as fast as physically possible to show him some brotherly love lol.

[Cro Burnham]

Retail tenants starting to sign up for Comcast Center
Philadelphia Business Journal - 3:53 PM EDT Tuesday, May 15, 2007
by Natalie Kostelni

Liberty Property Trust said it has so far lined up six retail tenants for the Comcast Center, the 1.2-million-square-foot office tower it's building at 17th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City Philadelphia.

Di Bruno Brothers, an upscale eatery with prepared foods and a vast cheese selection, signed a 1,365-square-foot lease to become a leading tenant in the gourmet food market. The other tenants are:

* Ardmore Produce, which will operate the 1,347-square-foot Sook Hee's Produce store and the 1,347-square-foot Under the C seafood restaurant.
* Sushi and Korean eatery Tokyo Lunchbox & Catering, which will operate in 977 square feet.
* Jake & Max's Deli, which has taken 837 square feet.
* Bucks County Coffee, which will have 602 square feet.

In all, the tower will have 24,000 square feet of retail space. Liberty (NYSE:LRY) has already snagged a Citizen's Bank branch and two Georges Perrier-Chris Scarduzzio Signature restaurants.

[giovanni sasso]

i saw that in the PBJ too, cro. good to finally have some names on that one. (as an aside, i think natalie kostelni is the most consistent writer in philadelphia.) we already knew perrier would be there but the other retail is interesting, especially the produce store. at that size, that's something the residents of the sterling and 1850 arch could use in lieu of walking the extra blocks to trader joe's. also nice that they went with bucks county coffee instead of starbucks ... a la colombe would have been the ultimate but i doubt they would have agreed to opening a place just a few blocks from their rittenhouse flagship.

updated diagram:

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/diagram/COMCASTCENTERDIAGRAM_PROGRESS_070517.jpg

... and a few recent snaps:

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1455.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1460.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1470.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1465.jpg

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1444.jpg

[MJPhilly]

Nice work. I love that the west side glass is being finished last. Even after we are done watching the building grow, we'll have the west side glass and its sunset reflections to keep us transfixed for another few months.

[Fabb]

^The night shot is amazing.
The tower is superbly reverse-lit.

[Cro Burnham]

Last updated: May 17, 2007 10:19am
Di Bruno Joins Comcast Center Market Roster
By Marita Thomas

Comcast Center
PHILADELPHIA-With 95% of its nearly 1.3 million sf of office space preleased, Comcast Center has made gains in filling the tower’s 24,000 sf of retail space. Di Bruno Brothers is among six food tenants that have inked leases aggregating more than half of the 12,000-sf gourmet food market located on the concourse level, which is at the building’s new entrance to the Suburban Station commuter rail line.

The 1,365-sf Di Bruno space represents the third location for the 50-year-old gourmet grocer. The others are in the Italian Market section, where it was founded, and an 18,000-sf, two-level store at 1730 Chestnut St.

Ardmore Produce has leased 1,347 sf for a Sook Hee’s Produce store and 1,027 sf for Under the C, which is the company’s seafood venue. The other three food market leases are a 977-sf Tokyo Lunchbox & Catering unit, an 837-sf Jake & Max’s Deli, and a 602-sf Bucks County Coffee. “We expect to announce leases for the remaining half of the food market space in coming weeks,” says Henry Steinberg, director of leasing for Malvern-based Liberty Property Trust, which developed the 58-story as Comcast’s headquarters.

An agreement for indoor and outdoor restaurants by chefs Georges Perrier and Chris Scardusio were reached in December 2005. The restaurant space is in addition to the 24,000 sf of retail in the building. Steinberg says the two restaurants will share some kitchen functions, “but the outdoor restaurant will have its own outdoor cooking capabilities.” The indoor restaurant aggregates 18,000 sf on portions of the building’s ground-, second- and third-floor levels.

Citizen’s Bank, which recently signed a lease for 48,000 sf of office space in the tower, has also leased 2,000 sf of retail space for a ground-floor branch, Steinberg tells GlobeSt.com. He declined to disclose retail rent rates. A prominent Center City retail broker declined to speculate, saying, “this is a non-traditional – essentially a new – retail corridor.”

Comcast has committed to lease approximately 87% of the office building now under construction at 17th Street and JFK Boulevard. Occupancy of the lower floors will begin by year-end with completion scheduled for the following spring.

[giamomj]

When I was in Ft. Lauderdale in April I had dinner at a terrific Brazilian steak house called "Chima." The Brazilian manager was quite charming and friendly and told me that Chima is opening a new restaurant in late October at 17th and JFK Boulevard - and all I can think of is "Comcast Tower."

On another note: will SOMEBODY please clarify why one media report say "58-storey Comcast Center" while others say "57-storey" tower? Whats the truth??

Gia

:notacrook:

[russbaseball]

seems like the glass has been goin up faster then ever latley.

[Crunked Up]

That's one sweet looking tower. I need to visit Philadelphia sometime. :tup:

[GarCastle]

A shot from walking down Walnut this morning:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8997/dscn0482hy4.jpg

[Joey D]

Di Bruno's.... yumm... Can't wait for an even more expensive location than Chestnut street...

The samples ARE good though. Too bad I'll never buy anything there because of the outrageous prices.

BTW, Sasso... I'm very impressed with the exactness of the diagram against the photo in your graphic. Kudos.

[Scruffy]

[color=navy]



http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1470.jpg
color]

Wow what a motley crew. A bride and groom, pair of bikes, litte girl in sandals, rolled up capri pants, and a photographer all enjoying the view of this beautiful new tower.

I officially like this tower more than the overrated Bank of America in NYC

[McBane]

This tower really is friggin tall! It's the only tower that can actually be seen from certain vantage points in Manayunk. I blow the dust off my camera.

Great pics guys. Thanks.

[TechTalkGuy]

What would happen if a developer happens to come along and announce a new tallest for Philadelphia?

Yes, taller than Comcast Center.

Do you think it would be built?

[FastFerrari82]

nice pic post....cant wait till the glass catches up....want to really see how the crown will work out in the end

[Patrick]

One of the most amazing pics I've ever seen.

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1470.jpg

[tower]

What would happen if a developer happens to come along and announce a new tallest for Philadelphia?

Yes, taller than Comcast Center.

Do you think it would be built?

And it would be 999 feet.

[GVNY]

Just a beautiful tower.

[TechTalkGuy]

And it would be 999 feet.

Right!

Imagine a tower being built in Philadelphia where the very tip of the spire is 999 feet while the roof height is only 548 feet.

They would construct a very tall poll that William Penn would be holding (as to say, City Hall reclaims the braggin' rights for the city's tallest).

Lame - but could happen, depending on which mayor gets elected into office.

[Scruffy]

And it would be 999 feet.

Oh please no! Everyone here would lose their damn mind. again.

[RadHaz75]

i can't tell if its completely gone, but the jfk street crane tower is def below the atrium glass so they start putting up the glass in that entire missing area!

it looked like the arch st crane tower hadnt been touched yet this morning from what i could see from my train (r2 from wilmington)

[skyscraper]

What would happen if a developer happens to come along and announce a new tallest for Philadelphia?

Yes, taller than Comcast Center.

Do you think it would be built?

It depends on when and where it is proposed. I fully expect at least one thousand-footer to be proposed for the Girard block, at 12th and Market. but not right now. I think we'll need to see what the full impact of the election in november will be on the business privelige tax and the city wage tax, in addition to what the completed cc will do to the market. the girard block is zoned for over 4 million sf of mixed use development, so I think that is the next best bet for at least one major tower if not 2 or 3.

[volguus zildrohar]

Oh fish, stop. Please stop.

From around town, from last Thursday to Sunday...

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200822.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200819.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200827.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200824.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200815.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/phillytrax/image/79200818/original.jpg

[Cro Burnham]

I fully expect at least one thousand-footer to be proposed for the Girard block, at 12th and Market.

Pure conjecture . . .

[slow-v6]

Wow what a motley crew. A bride and groom, pair of bikes, litte girl in sandals, rolled up capri pants, and a photographer all enjoying the view of this beautiful new tower.

I officially like this tower more than the overrated Bank of America in NYC


I showed this picture to my girl and she loved it as much as I love it.. Thats were I proposed to her last year December 23rd.. The tower has grown alot since then.. Another thing I noticed is that dude wearing a Lenny Dykstra Jersey??

[Joey D]

Nice Work Volg

[volguus zildrohar]

BTW, giamomj, I've kept forgetting this but the Ft. Lauderdale cat was incorrect. The new Chima is going in at Kennedy House on the corner of 20th & JFK where the former pre-school was. That space has been their's since last spring.