PHILADELPHIA | W Hotel & Element by Westin | 617 FT | 51 FLOORS

[jsbrook]

Originally Posted by Whu215

This building doesn't go typical till the 10th floor. There are lots of changes until then on each floor. Usually on a poured in place building once you go typical it's around a 3 day cycle which means a floor is completed every 3 days.
This is when I start having fun being up high on the edge.

And I got my worker tattoo

Thanks for the info! Will be great to see this start to shoot up this spring. I like the tattoo.

[thisisforreal]

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[Mr Saturn64]

Wow. In just 7 days they got the majority of that third floor finished. That's pretty good. Can't wait to see it really take off and become a part of the skyline.

[City Wide]

As the third floor floorplate looks just like the 2nd, I wonder what kind of changes Whu see's up close and in person------I'm surprised that the core doesn't have a climbing form system as part of the set up.
It is nice to see this building moving north!
The mysteries of construction.

[Whu215]

Originally Posted by City Wide

As the third floor floorplate looks just like the 2nd, I wonder what kind of changes Whu see's up close and in person------I'm surprised that the core doesn't have a climbing form system as part of the set up.
It is nice to see this building moving north!
The mysteries of construction.

The core does have a climbing system. It's pistons inside

[summersm343]

Update from Building Philly



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[summersm343]

Update from Building Philly



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[thisisforreal]

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[iheartphilly]

Originally Posted by summersm343

Update from Building Philly



https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

I love that there is no setbacks on this bad boy. You can put your nose on the wall and look straight up 582 ft to the top. Nice!

[thisisforreal]

Final Time Lapse with the given proportions. Pictures will start going vertical.

Jan 4 - Mar 1:

[1487]

i'll be glad when it gets taller than the dome on the RC and I can see it from east of Broad.

[Mr Saturn64]

Sweet. I figured that eventually thisisforreal's pictures would have to start looking up. It's kind of a milestone for us.

[thisisforreal]

Previously, all pictures were 1080 width. Now all pictures will be 825 vertical.

Mar 2nd:

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

I love that there is no setbacks on this bad boy. You can put your nose on the wall and look straight up 582 ft to the top. Nice!

Pretty sure there is a setback at the 7th floor, but only on two sides.

[Londonee]

Originally Posted by iheartphilly

I love that there is no setbacks on this bad boy. You can put your nose on the wall and look straight up 582 ft to the top. Nice!

The building is set back from 15th street and it's eastern edge toward the Ritz as well. It's an interesting thing to love - no setbacks - most of the world's grand skyscrapers feature a series of setbacks for a variety of reasons, least of which being it's visually more elegant to have a building thin out as it soars upward.

[iheartphilly]

@londonee and justin7-thanks for the further details. When I was typing the post, I was thinking of only the Walnut Street frontage having no setbacks. And if you look all the way to the top, you should be able to see lego-like protrusions (set forwards...Lol). This should be one good looking bldg when finished. Cheers!

[thisisforreal]

Mar 3rd:

[Mr Saturn64]

Even for just one day, that's certainly some pretty good progress. That's how buildings just "shoot up" so fast, like some of NYC's supertalls are going to do in the coming months.

[Mr Saturn64]

Sorry 'bout the double post.

[thisisforreal]

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