To see vapor coming out of those temporary cooling units, try looking closely at this gif made from a video. Sorry, it's as good as I have at the moment. Maybe next week I can get better video.
I think there is still one section to go for the spire/lantern (if not 2; i count 7 sections here, but the first section above the cooling tower might not be showing).
Starting to see lights at night from the Four Seasons portion of the tower now, the office floors are bright! as night.
Comcast Corp.’s new, unfinished tower is now officially the tallest building in the city.
Construction and Comcast officials confirmed what the naked eye could tell in recent weeks. The new tower surpassed the old one in height: 1,050 feet for the new tower, or 75 feet taller than the Comcast Center, the company’s headquarters and until now the highest Philadelphia high-rise.
The new tower — which will house the cable giant’s engineering and product-development teams and will be topped with a luxury Four Seasons hotel — will eventually reach 1,121 feet.
Gattuso said that about two-thirds of the offices in the new Comcast tower have been completed and could be occupied by spring.
The Four Seasons won’t open until late 2018. The luxury hotel will occupy the top 12 floors of the 60-story tower. The check-in lobby will be on the top floor, with a restaurant that will have a 360-degree view of the city.
It's incredibly annoying not having the webcam in service at this point. How hard can it be for one of the largest media and communications companies in the country?
The cupola is interesting; I don't see any diagonal means for bracing from the ground on not on the upper levels; just at the bottom. I'm wondering about the strength of the cupola at that height with the wind forces even though I know engineers have this all figured out, its interesting.
Also I don't see any internal stairwell; I'm thinking it would have an internal stairwell for maintenance purposes
The cupola is interesting; I don't see any diagonal means for bracing from the ground on not on the upper levels; just at the bottom. I'm wondering about the strength of the cupola at that height with the wind forces even though I know engineers have this all figured out, its interesting.
Also I don't see any internal stairwell; I'm thinking it would have an internal stairwell for maintenance purposes
Based on nothing in particular, I have been expecting to see a internal ladder and simple platforms, with the idea that the platforms would provide lateral bracing
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