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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 4:14 AM
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And unfortunately, so is Philly’s contracting economy. Pittsburgh has more Fortune 500 and 1000 companies in their city limits and they’re the second largest city in the Commonwealth.

Heck San Diego has more Fortune 1000 companies than us. I love the city, believe it or not, but business taxes are unbelievably high, our economy is really reliant on one company (Comcast), and although Philadelphia is starting to grow in population, it’s a snails pace compared to NYC, DC, and Boston.

Not sure how Philly is going to end up, but I don’t make the rules here, and if I did, I would’ve made sure that Sunoco, Santander, and Lincoln Financial stayed headquartered here, as well as attracting certain corporations such as TD Bank, BlackTock, and even GE!Its not so much the tower, it’s our economy, and if we can’t diversify the economy, and Comcast gets beat by AT&T and Verizon, the city’s leaders have nobody to blame but themselves!
The struggle to attract business is 100% our economy and policies and precisely zero percent not building the ACC. Many are working to address policy and the tax and regulatory climate. We’ve made strides but have a long way to go. CTC looking good in that last set of shots!
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 3:17 PM
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And unfortunately, so is Philly’s contracting economy...
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he was referring to population growth, not job growth.
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The struggle to attract business is 100% our economy and policies and precisely zero percent not building the ACC. Many are working to address policy and the tax and regulatory climate. We’ve made strides but have a long way to go. CTC looking good in that last set of shots!
Please don't let's turn this into another tedious thread on tax policy. There's already one of those going on in the general developments thread. And I always love it when people make posts about the city's contracting economy and whatnot. It's been posted about a billion times before but the city's job growth has actually been outpacing population growth for the past three years at least. Please make sure to move your goal posts accordingly.

Okay, back to the CTC. This turned out beautifully. Absolutely stunning. Much better than the renderings we saw for the ACC. To be honest, the design for the ACC was kind of meh. It had height but was really awkward otherwise. This building has presence.
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 3:28 PM
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If you want tedious, go to the SLS thread for an in-depth discussion of median strips.
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 7:29 PM
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If you want tedious, go to the SLS thread for an in-depth discussion of median strips.
Much more interesting than what's happening with the SLS site itself...
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 8:06 PM
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I don't understand why you would describe it as tedious. A little off topic, but interesting enough. Why shouldn't there be an in depth discussion about median strips?
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Much more interesting than what's happening with the SLS site itself...

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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 11:24 AM
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Much more interesting than what's happening with the SLS site itself...
That’s what *you* think.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 12:43 PM
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 1:22 PM
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That’s what *you* think.
Uh oh...is this something we should be reading into?
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 1:49 PM
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Uh oh...is this something we should be reading into?
I think a few posters have been hinting at action behind the scenes here for a few months now.
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Takeover battle: Disney/Fox reach $71B deal, blowing away Comcast | Philly.com

In a surprisingly aggressive preemptive strike, the Walt Disney Co. reached a new agreement to buy the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion in cash and stock, topping Comcast Corp.’s $65 billion all cash offer.

Disney’s new offer is 36 percent higher than the one it reached with Fox in December.

The announcement comes as Comcast had made it clear that it would like the Fox assets to expand globally and add to its content library — the same aims as Disney.

Comcast had no immediate comment.

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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 1:59 PM
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Takeover battle: Disney/Fox reach $71B deal, blowing away Comcast | Philly.com

In a surprisingly aggressive preemptive strike, the Walt Disney Co. reached a new agreement to buy the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion in cash and stock, topping Comcast Corp.’s $65 billion all cash offer.

Disney’s new offer is 36 higher than the one it reached with Fox in December.

The announcement comes as Comcast had made it clear that it would like the Fox assets to expand globally and add to its content library — the same aims as Disney.

Comcast had no immediate comment.

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Good. I want Deadpool in my Avengers movie.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 5:25 PM
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 6:00 PM
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That’s what *you* think.
So you keep saying...but whatever behind the scenes stuff is going on re the phase-out of the hotel, the site continues to be a hole for now. Wanna give us a window on when we might see something happen?

Anyway, digging the Comcast sign!
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2018, 6:06 PM
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Takeover battle: Disney/Fox reach $71B deal, blowing away Comcast | Philly.com

In a surprisingly aggressive preemptive strike, the Walt Disney Co. reached a new agreement to buy the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion in cash and stock, topping Comcast Corp.’s $65 billion all cash offer.

Disney’s new offer is 36 percent higher than the one it reached with Fox in December.

The announcement comes as Comcast had made it clear that it would like the Fox assets to expand globally and add to its content library — the same aims as Disney.

Comcast had no immediate comment.

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As a cord-cutter, this is probably the best thing for consumers. Disney is launching it's own rival Netflix OTT app sometime next year that, if this merger goes through, will include: live streaming of all cable channels owned by Disney/Fox (FX, FXX, Disney Channel, Fox Sports regional channels); a vast library of already produced original content for Disney/Fox/Lucasfilm/Marvel/ABC movies and television shows that they will fully control; new content exclusive to this OTT app (similar to Netflix originals); oh and this small thing you may have heard about called ESPN.

Combined with Netfllix - for around $25/mth - this is going to be enough content for most people to handle. I think this will further accelerate the cord cutting phenomenon.

Comcast is still in decent shape b/c it owns a ton of the pipes across the country - a brilliant investment that at this point is basically straight cash homey - but will be at a massive disadvantage from a content standpoint and since investors still see it as a "Cable" company will worry about stock price sliding as their subs continue to dwindle.
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2018, 3:23 AM
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So basically, the Comcast Technology Center is built.

Once the interior is complete, site inspections follow with grand opening!
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2018, 5:39 PM
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I've never seen this before
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2018, 6:25 PM
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