PHILADELPHIA | 8th & Walnut - Penn Medicine at Washington | 12 Stories | 260 FT - Page 8

summersm343 · #**141** Posted **Feb 4, 2013, 12:09 AM**

Brick coming off of the garage base now for the re-cladding

Insoluble · #**142** Posted **Feb 7, 2013, 8:26 PM**

I was wondering when they were going to start on re-cladding the base! I was beginning to worry that the glass facade on the base had just been value engineered out of this project. I'm glad they've finally started working on this. I love the new tower but it looks awkward as it is right now just plopped on top of the garage.

summersm343 · #**143** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 12:22 AM**

Holes drilled in the Walnut side of the garage for the glass facade. 7-11 at the base has been remolded and is reopened. The entire garage at the corner of 8th and Walnut has been demoed for the construction of the lobby of the building.

Lincolndrive · #**144** Posted **Apr 1, 2013, 4:39 PM**

http://buildingphilly.com/upenn-med-...nut-april-1st/

update from today.

Insoluble · #**145** Posted **Apr 2, 2013, 5:49 PM**

Thanks for the photo updates Lincolndrive!

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Holes drilled in the Walnut side of the garage for the glass facade. 7-11 at the base has been remolded and is reopened. The entire garage at the corner of 8th and Walnut has been demoed for the construction of the lobby of the building.

That's what I've been waiting for. I was worried that they were planning to skimp on the base by not bothering to take the glass cladding down to street level (it is all just a garage floor after all). I think once the base is complete that this will actually turn out quite nice. I like the contrasting materials a lot. It's not your typical glass box.

summersm343 · #**146** Posted **Apr 2, 2013, 7:58 PM**

Since we haven't had any picture updates in a while, here are some images from Lincolndrives link above^^

aro1419 · #**147** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 12:56 AM**

I like the way that this has turned out. The red panels actually complements the blue glass nicely. Hopefully they won't forget to re-clad the front of the parking garage.

Lincolndrive · #**148** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Insoluble

Thanks for the photo updates Lincolndrive!

That's what I've been waiting for. I was worried that they were planning to skimp on the base by not bothering to take the glass cladding down to street level (it is all just a garage floor after all). I think once the base is complete that this will actually turn out quite nice. I like the contrasting materials a lot. It's not your typical glass box.

My pleasure Insoluble! I'll be heading to the Grove in an hour or so to see how she's coming along. Let me know if you have any other construction update requests.

Philly Fan · #**149** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 4:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lincolndrive

My pleasure Insoluble! Thanks to all who occasionally give the google ads on the page a click! A few $$/day is starting to add up and make the updates totally worth my while (even though I enjoy documenting Philly's growth too!). AND, I'm starting to get some Realtor client leads from the site as well

I'll be heading to the Grove in an hour or so to see how she's coming along. Let me know if you have any other construction update requests.

Wow, custom update requests!

Now THAT'S service!

McBane · #**150** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 5:05 PM**

Great infill and a pretty decent design to boot. I like!

What was here before? A parking lot?

Jelly Roll · #**151** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Great infill and a pretty decent design to boot. I like!

What was here before? A parking lot?

The parking garage that is the base.

summersm343 · #**152** Posted **May 11, 2013, 2:59 PM**

summersm343 · #**153** Posted **May 18, 2013, 3:50 AM**

Glass facade coming down over the garage now

http://buildingphilly.com/upenn-med-...lnut-may-17th/

Insoluble · #**154** Posted **May 20, 2013, 6:06 PM**

This one looks particularly good in person now that the glass is covering the garage. I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't re-do the facade in the same glass for the retail portion of the ground floor, but I can totally understand that the 7-11 wouldn't want to have to shut down for a few months to make that happen. Oh well, just a minor nit-pick in an otherwise terrific building.

summersm343 · #**155** Posted **Jun 7, 2013, 10:21 PM**

This is nearing completion

christof · #**156** Posted **Jun 8, 2013, 3:27 PM**

This is turning out to be quite the addition! Really like the look of the building.

summersm343 · #**157** Posted **Jul 3, 2013, 9:52 PM**

Close to completion

summersm343 · #**158** Posted **Sep 5, 2013, 12:56 AM**

This is officially complete and can be moved to the Complete Projects Thread.

Some send off images of the finished product:

Insoluble · #**159** Posted **Sep 5, 2013, 1:24 PM**

Great pictures summersm343! I'll say it again. I am absolutely thrilled about how this building turned out. It's so much nicer than the renderings. The geometry of this building is really classy, with what looks to be two intersecting rectangular prisms. The blue glass prism contrasts perfectly with the red/orange prism in a way that is playful without being silly. I'd love to have more infill like this in the coming years.