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bulgar · #**5581** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 6:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by jayfar

third-hand rumor from a fb group today: "comcast tower is 11 inches off from center and they may have to cut the final height slightly as a result."

anyone have any verified info of anything actually amiss? I'm puzzled as to how any of these rumored scenarios could actually occur with the modern software technology used in designing buildings.

11"?!? I realize these are all speculations but that's highly alarming - workers use theodolites to check the accuracy. Somebody somewhere must have realized this discrepancy long ago. Can't wait to discern the actual mishap.

summersm343 · #**5582** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 6:23 PM**

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

mcgrath618 · #**5583** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 6:29 PM**

It's been awhile since I've seen the south façade, have they been doing work on the glass or am I just seeing things

Mr Saturn64 · #**5584** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 9:14 PM**

Hopefully they don't actually need to reduce the height. It looks just about perfect as is, and it really doesn't need a height reduction. Plus, it's the tallest in the country outside NYC and Chicago. That's a nice title to have.

Knight Hospitaller · #**5585** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 9:38 PM**

^ The planned telescoping antenna will allow us to keep the title for years to come.

Marcos · #**5586** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

^ The planned telescoping antenna will allow us to keep the title for years to come.

brilliant, hahaha.

seriously though it's hard to believe with all the skyscraper geeks here no one actually knows what they're doing up there...

Knight Hospitaller · #**5587** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marcos

brilliant, hahaha.

seriously though it's hard to believe with all the skyscraper geeks here no one actually knows what they're doing up there...

Unless there really have been construction errors or material supply issues, logistics probably explains the apparent "stalling" recently. When things started moving again, the first thing I noticed was the installation of narrow cross beams in areas that will have high ceilings with lots of glass, like the hotel swimming pool and sky lounge. It could just be that smaller details like that needed to be addressed before more fireproofing and glass could go in, since the top most floors are not "typical" (which term I learned from the W Hotel thread).

I did notice a small section of vertical steel peeking above the roofline on the way into town this morning. It could be that they're getting started on the cooling tower....

Knight Hospitaller · #**5588** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrenSalsa

The cooling tower is the section before the lantern, correct? Or am I just stupid?

That's right, although I'd say that the lantern will be partially integrated into the cooling tower, and extend above it.

allovertown · #**5589** Posted **Mar 1, 2017, 11:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrenSalsa

Or am I just stupid?

Yes, definitely.

I dunno guys. Looks straight to me.

jjv007 · #**5590** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 12:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by allovertown

Yes, definitely.

I dunno guys. Looks straight to me.

Nah it's gay

Elevator1 · #**5591** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 2:40 AM**

WTC 3 page in NY comment about cladding stopping for several weeks there too. Definitely seems a glass shortage right now.

boxbot · #**5592** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 4:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

^ The planned telescoping antenna will allow us to keep the title for years to come.

boxbot · #**5593** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 4:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Philly-Drew

Agreed! I love boxbot's funny remarks. Sometimes I laugh out loud.

Boxbot, you are the best!

((Hugs))

mcgrath618 · #**5594** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 4:46 PM**

As for the shortening, I don't think they can actually reduce the height at this point, since it seems to be nearly structurally topped out (unless they mean the spire, in which case that is entirely possible)

Knight Hospitaller · #**5595** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:09 PM**

Surely someone has a rendering of the new design?

summersm343 · #**5596** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:20 PM**

Guys... the tower is not 11" off plumb lol. That's just absurd. There is no new design and no shortening of the tower.

Philly Fan · #**5597** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Guys... the tower is not 11" off plumb lol.

You mean it's even MORE???

Knight Hospitaller · #**5598** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Guys... the tower is not 11" off plumb lol. That's just absurd. There is no new design and no shortening of the tower.

Just in case you're "fake news," I think they should just glue a little William Penn statue to the cooling tower to compensate for the loss of the lantern.

mcgrath618 · #**5599** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

Just in case you're "fake news," I think they should just glue a little William Penn statue to the cooling tower to compensate for the loss of the lantern.

They can't do that, the weight of the statue might tilt the building even more

Marcos · #**5600** Posted **Mar 2, 2017, 5:51 PM**

Just looking at the webcam, shows a nighttime shot, thing is all but useless & needs to be replaced with a live 24/7 drone feed circling the upper floors; would be good if it’d occasionally stop & interview the workers perhaps with questions submitted by us here in the viewing audience.