[MJPhilly]

Views from below the nearly-complete Comcast Center, from a parking garage roof at 8th and Arch, and from the City Hall Observation Deck.

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The car's waiting for me, seen from City Hall.

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Broad Street, endlessly stretching to the north, is said to be the longest straight road in the United States.

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Chance encounter: Brad Maule of phillyskyline.com (http://www.phillyskyline.com).

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HVAC equipment being installed in the Comcast Center

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Residences at the Ritz-Carlton under construction

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Waterfront Square and the Delaware River

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Ben Franklin Bridge

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Cira Centre and the Drexel Shaft

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JFK Plaza, better known as "Love Park"

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Thanks!

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[volguus zildrohar]

That's Brad Maule? He looks taller in the newspaper:)

Way to keep on top of everything - and soldier on through the heat, brining us upskirt views of Billy Penn, you bad boy.

BTW, I think Chicago's Western Avenue gets that distinction, not Broad Street.

[Swinefeld]

Stunning I tells ya. Great views!

[Ex-Ithacan]

Well that was a fun tour. Great pics from City Hall, and thanks for braving the heat to get these for us MJ. btw, that Brad guy sure looks like a tourist.:yes: ;)

[alleystreetindustry]

oh, beautiful philadelphia. good shots.

[the pope]

http://www.bobcongdon.net/images/comcastic.gif

(yes, I'm aware I'm really original)

(nice work)

[Gordo]

Great tour! :)

[Pinoy2.0]

What a treat!

2 (general) questions:

1. I know you had your car there, but have you ever gone up a parking garage just to take some photos (when your car wasn't there)?

2. well, ok, I guess three questions for city hall obs deck...it's $5 now? and did you use a polarizer for the tower shots?

Nice new angles. That one of comcast and love park...is now actually an angle bc comcast sticks out there. like the iron one too. keep'm coming!

[Buckeye Native 001]

I can't believe I disliked the Comcast Center when I first saw the design. :tup:

[Evergrey]

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[john_mclark]

enjoyable very enjoyable

[staff]

Wow, this is an awesome view. I love the cladding on the CC.
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[atl2phx]

i'm cancelling my cox service and switching to comcast!

[Serge]

Superb! The photos and the tower.

I am surprised they are covering 2 sides, but they keep the other walls without windows...
I've been in Philly for 1-1/2 hour on the 20th of july, afternoon.
I've seen the skyline from the museum only, Comcast without glass walls.
Comcast looks great from there.

[Austinlee]

Great!!

[theWatusi]

ah! my favorite parking garage

[ady26]

nice stuff,I like Philadelphia very much!

[CBBC]

wonderful work.

Philly is bigger than most would ever imagine. :)

[37TimPPG]

http://www.bobcongdon.net/images/comcastic.gif

(yes, I'm aware I'm really original)

(nice work)


LOL! Now why didn't I think of that?:notacrook:

[ColDayMan]

Very very nice!

[Wheelingman04]

I am in love with Philly.:yes: Wonderful photos.:tup:

[PhillyRising]

Phabulous, Phantastic Philadelphia!

Anyone know where the longest gay street is.....????? Not all of us are interested in the longest straight one! :haha: :D

[Farrapo]

Philadelphia has a very nice mix of old and new architecture in its downtown! The Comcast Center is just great! Thanks for sharing! :)

[EastSideHBG]

Nice pics as always, MJ! :tup:

[arbeiter]

http://www.bobcongdon.net/images/comcastic.gif

(yes, I'm aware I'm really original)

(nice work)


guess who arbeiter arbeits for now? (the media division, not the cable division)

[williamphilapa]

awesome photos :tup:

[giovanni sasso]

chance encounter: matt johnson of skyscrapersunset.com (http://skyscrapersunset.com)

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good show there, MJ. you really did knock out some nice shots considering how disgustingly hot it was.

[MJPhilly]

Thanks a lot for the comments everyone!

Way to keep on top of everything - and soldier on through the heat, brining us upskirt views of Billy Penn, you bad boy.

BTW, I think Chicago's Western Avenue gets that distinction, not Broad Street.
It was definitely a hot one. They closed the observation deck after I got down, since the temperature up there had reached about 95.

I once heard that Broad was the longest in the road, until some Toronto-ans started mentioning Yonge Street. I wonder if there's any way to get a real answer. Google Maps, I guess.

What a treat!

2 (general) questions:

1. I know you had your car there, but have you ever gone up a parking garage just to take some photos (when your car wasn't there)?

2. well, ok, I guess three questions for city hall obs deck...it's $5 now? and did you use a polarizer for the tower shots?

Nice new angles. That one of comcast and love park...is now actually an angle bc comcast sticks out there. like the iron one too. keep'm coming!

Thanks. I agree about your comments on the shots from Love Park. There is much more to do with those compositions now that Comcast is there.

1. Yes, I've done it a lot actually. But if I'm driving into the city and I know I want to go to a certain garage, I'll usually drive up into it. It's only about $10 in that one.

2a. Yep, $5 now. 2b. I did use a polarizer (and I almost always have it on all of my lenses during the daytime, unless I need to take it off for shutter-speed reasons). However, whenever I used the polarizer to minimize window reflections, the color in the sky was not as good. So on most of the shots I just let the reflections come and photoshopped them.

Phabulous, Phantastic Philadelphia!

Anyone know where the longest gay street is.....????? Not all of us are interested in the longest straight one! :haha: :D

Not that long, but not straight (http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/skyscrapercity/sf/060811/20.jpg)

chance encounter: matt johnson of skyscrapersunset.com (http://skyscrapersunset.com)

http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc1821.jpg

good show there, MJ. you really did knock out some nice shots considering how disgustingly hot it was.

Although it was hazy and sticky, I was surprised how clear it was (at least for pics within the city) from the observation deck. There was no way I was getting clear shots of my building 10 miles away, though. I tried, and it was like trying to shoot pictures through a white sheet.

Thanks for the great pic.

[Lucky 24]

I can't believe comcast is almost finished. When I was last on this forum, the building was barely above its foundation. It looks fantastic!

[volguus zildrohar]

Lucky's back!

MJ, Yonge Street, I believe, gets the nod for the continent but I was under the impression you were looking at the USA. Now you're sounding like a Brazilian I know:)

[MJPhilly]

Hey, I was only reporting what i heard (on another thread here), not what I thought was a fact. :) I take every American stat coming from an American with a healthy amount of skepticism unless I know the source.

[volguus zildrohar]

America has more slinkies per capita than Bhutan;)

[LSyd]

great pics. makes me really want to visit. :haha: at the chance encounter.

this shot's great.

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[10101000]

Nice set

[LSyd]

sweet.

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