PHILADELPHIA | Waterfront Square (5 Towers) - Page 13

buildup · #**241** Posted **Jun 3, 2005, 5:53 PM**

I assume when 700 Delaware is built they will enlarge the intersection of Brown St. & Delaware Ave. to include Brown St. with a traffic light. Otherwise good luck getting out of there!

LostInTheZone · #**242** Posted **Jun 3, 2005, 7:53 PM**

anyone else think it would be a good idea to reduce delaware ave down to 4 lanes? there's no need for it to be so wide with 95 carrying all the 'express' north-south traffic. it's such a bitch to cross. 4 lanes of traffic, two trolley tracks on a reserved median in the middle, ideally.

colemonkee · #**243** Posted **Jun 3, 2005, 9:24 PM**

Love that pic of the row house above. Those cranes look like turret guns protecting the residents from future development. Perhaps that is a secret base for NIMBY's?

FlyersFan118 · #**244** Posted **Jun 4, 2005, 2:55 AM**

Don't get me started on NIMBYs, cole. We've too many of them here.

Philly-Drew · #**245** Posted **Jun 4, 2005, 4:40 AM**

Swinefeld, I had been thinking that already. I also thought about starting a 700 Delaware thread but I wasn't sure if it was appropriate being they are no where breaking ground for this project. It just happens to be right across the street from WFS. At least in most of the pics about 700 Delaware there are the WFS cranes towers going up in the background. If/When this oroject breaks ground, you know one of us will start a thread!

Lecom · #**246** Posted **Jun 5, 2005, 7:47 PM**

May 21, 2005

Regatta

Peninsula

FlyersFan118 · #**247** Posted **Jun 5, 2005, 9:23 PM**

nice shots LeCom!

SJPhillyBoy · #**248** Posted **Jun 5, 2005, 11:24 PM**

Thanks for the coverage LeCom.

buildup · #**249** Posted **Jun 6, 2005, 9:40 PM**

A nice drive-by shooting, LeCom!

Phillydude · #**250** Posted **Jun 9, 2005, 12:47 PM**

They are putting the facing on the building. Right now about three floors on the south side (tall building). Its real facing. Looks pretty cool. At least they didn't paint it.

buildup · #**251** Posted **Jun 9, 2005, 12:51 PM**

Cool, Phillydude. I'll have to look at it carefully when I drive by there tomorrow.

FlyersFan118 · #**252** Posted **Jun 10, 2005, 7:02 PM**

I'll have to check that out. awesome.

BOOOOOOOOM!

Eigenwelt · #**253** Posted **Jun 10, 2005, 10:05 PM**

Weds June 8th. From the back seat of a car with a dirty windshield, on the way to AC at 7:30am. We should have taken 295, but I wasn't driving, and I don't mind sitting in traffic and looking at the skyline.

Huh? That look like the long awaited set back to you? Huh? Huh? Does it?

(I think it does.)

Ah ah, set back, set back, ah ah.

FlyersFan118 · #**254** Posted **Jun 11, 2005, 9:58 PM**

*cheers*

Joey D · #**255** Posted **Jun 12, 2005, 2:33 AM**

Is the one further along under construction 1/4 of the way up, or 1/3? I need to pay more attention.

Born Pure Philly · #**256** Posted **Jun 12, 2005, 3:48 AM**

More like half way done. Or about 2/3

buildup · #**257** Posted **Jun 12, 2005, 7:28 AM**

Depending on where the ground floor is located I counted about 19 floors on Friday. So that's about 2/3 complete.

The wall panels that are being placed on the south face of the larger tower are going up fast. They are up on at least 12 floors in that area of the tower. They look like a stucco surface with a brick edge that will look like stripes between each floor. I was surprised how thick the panels look.

volguus zildrohar · #**258** Posted **Jun 14, 2005, 4:28 AM**

June 12,

Ergh...

SJPhillyBoy · #**259** Posted **Jun 14, 2005, 2:03 PM**

Nice perspectives VZ. I really like the 2nd one.

FlyersFan118 · #**260** Posted **Jun 14, 2005, 7:27 PM**

2nd picture is great.

Looks like they're having a traffic problem in the first picture. (very bottom - four cars in a row in a 3 lane highway)

Sunday drivers.