PHILADELPHIA | The Alexander | 370 FT | 32 FLOORS - Page 40

mcgrath618 · #**781** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 1:27 PM**

This building is really shaping up well. It'll probably end up being one of my favorites when it's completed.

Redddog · #**782** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 1:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

This building is really shaping up well. It'll probably end up being one of my favorites when it's completed.

Easily. And the fact that it's in the location it's in is just gravy. Vine needed this in the worst way.

mcgrath618 · #**783** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 2:26 PM**

What is it about North of Cherry that is just so... underdeveloped?
Excluding Broad St, everything north seems so short and lackluster, and doesn't feel like a real city to me. It's like center city ends at Logan Square but still goes all the way down to South St with Rittenhouse Square

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Maybe it's just that CC and CTC are farther north than the other tall buildings, so it seems like there should be more development with them father north.

summersm343 · #**784** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 3:06 PM**

^^It is just more underdeveloped. That seems to be changing quickly though, as surface lots and empty lots are filling in quickly.

jjv007 · #**785** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 7:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

What is it about North of Cherry that is just so... underdeveloped?
Excluding Broad St, everything north seems so short and lackluster, and doesn't feel like a real city to me. It's like center city ends at Logan Square but still goes all the way down to South St with Rittenhouse Square

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Maybe it's just that CC and CTC are farther north than the other tall buildings, so it seems like there should be more development with them father north.

Yeah I feel you. Going north you lose those "dense city" vibes pretty quickly. It's not like going south where the urban fabric continues quite extensively. In general, though, it doesn't take long in spots to feel like you're going in and out of the heart of the city when going north-south or south-north, unlike when you move on the east-west axis. Hopefully that aspect can improve in the upcoming decades.

Mr Saturn64 · #**786** Posted **Feb 3, 2017, 11:25 PM**

The area north of Cherry definitely feels like a city to me. On this part of Cherry, there's the five Parkway museums and the two big churches, and not that much else before going into residential neighborhoods. While this may change in the coming years (especially with the proposal of the Cathedral Campus) it's more of a tourist area, despite how majestic the Parkway looks.

Jawnadelphia · #**787** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 1:51 PM**

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Mr Saturn64 · #**788** Posted **Feb 11, 2017, 11:38 PM**

I find the color of the building highly appealing.

City Wide · #**789** Posted **Feb 12, 2017, 5:21 AM**

Is it just me, but it seems like the pace of progress on this building has slowed down? The exterior panels are going up, but not nearly as fast as on the lower floors.
Still, a very handsome building

summersm343 · #**790** Posted **Feb 12, 2017, 3:07 PM**

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

thisisforreal · #**791** Posted **Feb 16, 2017, 12:07 PM**

Feb 16th:

jsbrook · #**792** Posted **Feb 16, 2017, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

Is it just me, but it seems like the pace of progress on this building has slowed down? The exterior panels are going up, but not nearly as fast as on the lower floors.
Still, a very handsome building

Could be doing more interior work. Buildings will often move the focus to interior work over cladding for awhile when topped out or close to topped out. Who is the architect of this one again? Love the building. I believe it's Stern, yes?

Jawnadelphia · #**793** Posted **Feb 16, 2017, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbrook

Could be doing more interior work. Buildings will often move the focus to interior work over cladding for awhile when topped out or close to topped out. Who is the architect of this one again? Love the building. I believe it's Stern, yes?

Yes sir, Robert A.M. Stern.

summersm343 · #**794** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 5:59 AM**

2/23/2017

jsbrook · #**795** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 12:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

Yes sir, Robert A.M. Stern.

His best work to date in this city. Turning out beautifully. Great new shots, summers.

1487 · #**796** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 1:29 PM**

imagine the views from here. So little around this building to obstruct the views.

mcgrath618 · #**797** Posted **Feb 27, 2017, 4:12 PM**

When has the expected completion been moved till, wasn't it originally late 2016?

LeVaJe · #**798** Posted **Feb 27, 2017, 4:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

When has the expected completion been moved till, wasn't it originally late 2016?

From pages 7 and 8 of this thread:

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Originally Posted by spacevator

The sign shows a completion date of December 2017 for the tower...3 years from today. Does this sound correct?

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Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

Untitled by TallCoolOne2014, on Flickr

Parkway · #**799** Posted **Feb 27, 2017, 5:30 PM**

I believe the late 2016 date was for the meeting house only.

Mr Saturn64 · #**800** Posted **Feb 27, 2017, 9:34 PM**

I thought the Meeting House was open when the Temple tour was going on in the summer of 2016. I was in it, and it definitely looked like a functional church. Either way, I'd say December 2017 for this building is quite reasonable, although it looks like it will be done before then.