Hey Mike ! Thanks for the warm welcome, bud! Gosh you weren't far from my house. I live in the 3000 block of Memphis, right off Aramingo. Not my choice, but it was a "hud" house and I got a 10 year tax abatement carry over from previous owner. Actually all remodeled and finished basement, deck off the deck. The previous owner was a contractor, and did most of the work there. I used to deliver pizzas part time in Port Richmond & Fishtown. Don't laugh, it paid for my house (lol!). And I used to trek up to "My Blue Heaven" now and then for karaoke night...nah I can't sing either!
The back of my house gets that great elevated "Aramingo ave view". My digital cam is not the greatest, but hopefully I'll try posting here, and see what happens.
Thanks again for the warm welcome back. Im packing now, leaving Florida on the 15th, arriving back around the 18th. (I've got 3 cats, thats why it will take that long...sheesh..light a candle for me please!:)

Hey guys, I hate to break up the love-fest, but let's keep this thread on topic, 'kay?

They were working pretty late on Saturday afternoon, cutting out another beam at one point. They had workers on site until after dark. The fact that they have workers 6 days a week would seem to indicate that a lot is getting done but not easy to see exactly what they are doing (except when they're using a big torch to cut steel).

That being said, I don't believe I've seen more then a few dozen workers on site at any one time. Why so few workers...? :shrug:

They are still doing site work/prep. Since they are only doing one thing, the number of workers is small. It's not until a building is almost fully erected and they are doing finish work on the bottom floors do the number of workers on site max out.

^ yea i read somewhere about the comcast center (i believe that fluff piece in the inquirer last week) that once they start on the interior, the crew will swell to a few thousand workers.

^On topic - or off?
 

"Hey guys, I hate to break up the love-fest, but let's keep this thread on topic, 'kay?"

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Seeing as the "topic" may have shifted briefly from RATR to philly skylines, Comcast tower views, and an urban housing issue in a part of Philly (pertinent issuse on a skyscraper thread) - we're not too far off topic I'd say. Check around.....note just how much OFF-TOPIC some threads really get....and then return gently - like the above.

My 2 cents -

Gia

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Sometimes threads return gently and sometimes they go way off course. A gentle reminder isn't so harsh, is it?

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Since swinefeld broke up the love-fest several posts ago, this thread has returned to topic. so why do we need another reminder from gia and then again from swine? sorry but i'm getting a bit annoyed. some people go off-topic but others go equally off-topic trying to get people back on-topic. it's like those people who don't stop shushing in the movies. the last three posts on the previous page were completely on-topic.

i really enjoy reading other people's posts and posting myself, but lets keep this fun and not so overly serious with the "rules." i would like to think everyone here is reasonable.

as far as the RATR is concerned, i was by there today and while i didn't see too many workers, i understand that they are hard at work down there. however i am starting to re-think my original assessment that, because the foundation was already in place, it wouldn't take long before this building started rising from the ground. yet it's not going any quicker than starting from scratch. is it?

Ya know - I'll [finally] tell you like it IS - Forgive my candor -
 

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Gia

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Forgive my candor - see below...and beyond.
 

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Gia - :)

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Ya know - I'll [finally] tell you like it IS - Forgive my candor -
 

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What is your fucking problem? I was just suggesting that the thread stay on-topic. That's all.

Thanks for hijacking this thread.

Swiney - no adgenda- except venting...
 

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venting - no more...
 

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Swiney - no agenda- except venting...
 

Gia

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???what on earth is going on in this thread???

Swiney - no agenda- except venting...
 

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Gia

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^ Swinefeld - get strong -
 

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^You get exactly zero more chances to stop trolling this thread, giamomj.

Stay on topic; stop being childish.