PHILADELPHIA | Comcast Technology Center | 1,121 FT | 60 FLOORS

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by PHL10

I think you need two levels of that steel section before you hit the 995'. I'm guessing we are still only at about 950'.

Where did the second photo come from?

[Elevator1]

Originally Posted by TK2001

Where did the second photo come from?

Post 5926.

[Jawnadelphia]

^It was leaked to an informant at SSP.

[Jawnadelphia]

18th Street appears to be almost ready to reopen.

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[summersm343]

950 feet tall! Officially the second tallest building in Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania, surpassing the 945 foot tall One Liberty Place.

[Marcos]

you can see a couple sections of glass on the 11th floor on the south face of the last photo above (by tallcoolone). Other than that the upward progression that was flying over the past couple weeks has stopped. But with all the excitement of vertical progress commencing once again who cares

[PHL10]

Yesterday:

[thisisforreal]

May 18th:

[thisisforreal]

Originally Posted by summersm343

950 feet tall! Officially the second tallest building in Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania, surpassing the 945 foot tall One Liberty Place.

I thought "official" doesn't count while still under construction after North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel disaster.

[PhilliesPhan]

From Fishtown:

[Philly Fan]

More cooling tower steel is being erected:

[JohnIII]

If anyone has a love of history; this new Comcast Building just made history.
In the span of the last 30 years Philadelphia has seen 4 building capture the mark as the tallest building in the city. Philadelphia's City Hall, Liberty 1, The Comcast Building, and soon the Comcast Innovation and Technology Center. We have seen 3 buildings capture the rank as the cities tallest building in under the span of a decade. We are the first generation of Philadelphians to see this since 1754.

From 1720 the old Philadelphia Court House was the tallest (As seen in Peter Cooper's 1720 panorama). In 1753 Independence Hall took the title as the City's Tallest building only to lose it a year later in 1754 to Christ Church as 2nd in Market.

Point is; all of us who are on here are seeing growth Philadelphia hasn't seen in a very long time.

[TK2001]

Originally Posted by BrenSalsa

At this speed, the exterior might be done in a month or two. Maybe.

It will be done in September

[TK2001]

Good thing those plans were leaked, I made a 3d model

[PHL10]

^^^ Nice job!

[Human Scale]

Originally Posted by PHL10

So there seems to be a change from the render. The top of the external elevators extends above the roof, instead of being flush with it. I wonder if this was the engineering team's change or Foster + Partners. I like the old flush more.

[Philly-Drew]

Originally Posted by JohnIII

If anyone has a love of history; this new Comcast Building just made history.
In the span of the last 30 years Philadelphia has seen 4 building capture the mark as the tallest building in the city. Philadelphia's City Hall, Liberty 1, The Comcast Building, and soon the Comcast Innovation and Technology Center. We have seen 3 buildings capture the rank as the cities tallest building in under the span of a decade. We are the first generation of Philadelphians to see this since 1754.

From 1720 the old Philadelphia Court House was the tallest (As seen in Peter Cooper's 1720 panorama). In 1753 Independence Hall took the title as the City's Tallest building only to lose it a year later in 1754 to Christ Church as 2nd in Market.

Point is; all of us who are on here are seeing growth Philadelphia hasn't seen in a very long time.

I love this kind of stuff Good analysis!

Phillybydrone.com, amazing website. Thanks a ton for sharing it and letting our guys/gals use the images to create renderings.

TK2001, amazing renderings. Well done.

Originally Posted by Human Scale

So there seems to be a change from the render. The top of the external elevators extends above the roof, instead of being flush with it. I wonder if this was the engineering team's change or Foster + Partners. I like the old flush more.

Not me. I prefer the new renderings. IMO it adds a fun sense of curiosity to the roofline.

[TK2001]

More photo's here:

http://www.yimbyforums.com/t/philade...loors/2490/192

[TK2001]

Taken today from my friend

[MJPhilly]

Progress as of a few minutes ago: