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This is way higher quality than you think. The art installations are by world-famous artists. The lobby interior uses real wood. The lobby floor is reclaimed white oak tile, end-grain up, polished and coated (not vinyl strips). The floor of the cafeteria is also white oak tile but larger size. The lobby walls are also real white oak wood panel as well as slats. Some wall surfaces are brushed aluminum panel. The lobby ceiling is also white oak slats. Very expensive. The exterior wood slats (that extend through the glass to form the entrance canopy) might be composite but that's normal for weather reasons. I still think they look great and match the interior wood very well. I don't know what you mean by "the pedestal" but I don't see anything that's plastic. Nor do I see how the lantern is "discoloring" The window framing is high quality aluminum, not foil. This was designed by Normal Foster, not some hack. This building is much higher quality than a shopping mall. |
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Yes, to the overrun cost that was published in the local paper.
According to wikipedia, it is $1.5 billion USD as TK said. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Technology_Center BUT, I don't see the source for this number footnoted anywhere in the reference section. |
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Oh Jesus Christ will they please just peel this fucking blue plastic off??
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I was at a conference at the Pyramid Club a couple of weeks ago. The residue left by some of the tape is VERY bad. Not sure how they're going to get it off. The staining of the lantern was very apparent too.
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As people have said, both inside and out this building is more impressive in person. As is the scale/density of Center City! Also noticed all the people and energy too. Looking at the much discussed wood here, clearly real wood inside, matched with composit outside, where it will be weathered. Also heard someone who works here, showing his family around, talking about the "dome" as some sort of visual experience piece. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1960/...3f6a189d_b.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1969/...1e128932_b.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1944/...4b873d9f_b.jpg on Flickr |
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Zerton: The pedestal is the 2 lobbies that fill the entire block, above which the tower rises, recessed on east and west sides. The molded, ribbed plastic panels stretch the entire 1800 block of Arch and Cuthbert Sts., alternating with glass. It's a very low-quality, pre-fab look. We deserve better.
I didn't say that the floors should be real wood, simply that LVP is a very cheap flooring. Cut-rate. |
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I wonder when Inga is going to review this building? Not that she's the end-all be-all, but I'm curious what she thinks of the building and in particular the massing/shape.
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