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Originally Posted by brickell
Is that really the case? What about the NYC municipal building? It looks much larger. Even Buffalo looks bigger.
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Yes, it is most absolutely the tallest masonry building in the world. It's a well-known fact in Philadelphia. You can check it here:
http://www.aviewoncities.com/philadelphia/cityhall.htm or here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall
It doesn't look that big until you're about two blocks away because today's modern skyscrapers dwarf the steeple, and the sides are often obscured by new development as well. I remember when my ex-girlfriend first saw it as we drove down Market Street, and I was telling her that information, and she seemed to brush it aside....until we got to the stoplight two blocks away and she said, "Wow! That's HUGE!"