PHILADELPHIA l National Museum of American Jewish History
National Museum of American Jewish History
Website: National of Jewish American History Location: 55 North 5th Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106 Usage: Museum Size: Over 100,000 square feet Architects: Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP Project Director: Louis Parise Estimated Cost: $65,000,000 Status: Construction Completion: 2010 Images Renderings from Polshek Partnership. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ton/NJA_01.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ton/NJA_02.jpg Construction photos from Intech Construction. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ton/NJA_03.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ton/NJA_04.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ton/NJA_05.jpg |
Nice thread Swinefeld. Looking forward to this going up!
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The building fits in well with its surroundings...I like it. Is the first of its kind in the nation?
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Well, if you mean the museum itself, it's been around for quite some time, just a block north of its new locale, albeit on a much less prominent site.
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I really like this design and its exposure. The Bourse is looking lonely...
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I think the area stretching from Walnut through Independence Hall to the Constitution Center is really starting to shape up nicely architecturally. Alot of nice slick looking buildings have been going up. I'm excited :)
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I do miss KYW being there on the corner. News trucks continually parked on the corner made that part of the mall seem to always be hoppin'. It was kind of nice having CBS right there in the public eye. Now with the ABC and NBC out on CityLine and CBS in their new home (wherever that is), it just leaves FOX there in Old City.
Of course, the renderings for this museum look great, and it is in the right location. |
On another note, directly across the mall from the museum is the Rohm & Haas Corporate HQ building. It is one of my favorite buildings in the city...very mid-century modern Europe with that cat-walk looking framework.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/4...be1df8.jpg?v=0 (Photo courtesy canine devotion) I know it is due for a re-do. Does anyone know when that is supposed to happen? |
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Would anyone be willing to periodically snap photos of the construction site as this museum rises and post them within this thread? I used to walk by this site every day when I worked in Society Hill a few years ago, so I feel a bit of an attachment to it haha. Is construction progress appropriate to follow since it's not really anything close to a highrise?
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:previous: I'll take the silence as a no haha
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I'll see if i can swing by today and take some photos....
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Here's a link to the museum's website photos.....
http://flickr.com/photos/nmajh/sets/72157604052509661/ Hope it works... |
Does anyone know why its taken so long to build this? It seems like its been a hole in ground since last year...3 years to put it up? Is it something about its location...did the site prep just take a while?
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Project was held up after the demolition of the KYW building from permit issues resulting from procedural changes at the Water Department. In addition, it is a highly complicated site condition due to the subway entrances at 5th/Market.
Design of project is quite intricate and requires adequate time for quality construction. The expected opening of the Museum in late 2010 allows for exhibit/gallery work to proceed after construction completion. Not unusual for a museum of this caliber. Steel work, which starts at the second level above grade, is on schedule to start in October. Overall, project remains on schedule. |
Not the Sexiest news around, but still - From PBJ Today:
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Has this risen above ground yet?
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It should be very soon. It's very hard to see what's going on because the entire perimeter of the work site is fenced off and covered with banner ads for the NMAJH.
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Cool project. Does the new building connect to one of those pre-existing buildings in the background in the rendering? Or is this building a stand alone project?
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