PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC CITY-READING | Metro Development Thread - Page 33

Plokoon11 · #**641** Posted **Apr 11, 2009, 11:18 PM**

Holy cow 700 feet? Trump Chairman Tower is like 450 ft. Comparing that picture with the other towers this will blow it away.

Renton · #**642** Posted **Apr 24, 2009, 11:53 AM**

Not bad. I wonder what those people living right there next to the project who didn't take the buy out offers are thinking. They were offered descent market value a few years ago. Now they must be sitting in there now very dark alleyway houses saying, wtf. Haven't been to A.C. since they built the new Trump tower next to the Taj. Man, its allot taller than I thought. Going to be in the 80's this weekend, maybe I'll take a ride down there and check it out.

zapata2119 · #**643** Posted **May 7, 2009, 10:57 PM**

I have no idea what it is to tell you the truth i wish i had the time to go and take pics though

I also want to note the new construction in Claymont called the darley green project a big map is here: http://www.claymontrenaissance.org/rv-map.html but there is more info on the darley green project tab.

zapata2119 · #**644** Posted **May 22, 2009, 3:13 PM**

that new building down near barclay and aaa is called the star building i don't know what's going in there though

Plokoon11 · #**645** Posted **Aug 7, 2009, 7:01 PM**

Anymore pictures? My grandfather told me they completely stopped building.

toebone7 · #**646** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 11:34 PM**

i drive by the site every day on my way to work. they are still going vertical. by the looks of it revel is going to top out pretty soon.

Plokoon11 · #**647** Posted **Sep 11, 2009, 2:17 AM**

we need pictures of this beast.

toebone7 · #**648** Posted **Sep 11, 2009, 11:57 AM**

revel has topped out. rumblings about them getting the rest of their financing are out.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/busin...C__casino.html

Scruffy · #**649** Posted **Sep 13, 2009, 3:10 PM**

I was there last weekend and got some pics that ill load within a week. it doesn't seem topped out. it looks like its not a flat room. its steps and there are still a little to go on the western edge. you can tell there are many floors but the height doesn't look like 700 feet at all. from the street it does look taller than chairmans but not by much. this may be an optical effect because its so wide that it visually reduces the height

Plokoon11 · #**650** Posted **Sep 15, 2009, 1:26 AM**

Aww there goes my hopes for it being a monster, but I'll have to see with the pictures. We gotta get this thread rolling people!

Junkyrddg1 · #**651** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 2:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scruffy

I was there last weekend and got some pics that ill load within a week. it doesn't seem topped out. it looks like its not a flat room. its steps and there are still a little to go on the western edge. you can tell there are many floors but the height doesn't look like 700 feet at all. from the street it does look taller than chairmans but not by much. this may be an optical effect because its so wide that it visually reduces the height

The concrete portion topped out at elevation 645 ft 6 in on 25 August (the basic ground floor is about elevation 12.0, the sidewalk is about 9.0) and the steel framing that is presently being erected to finish out the parapet walls will extend to elevation 710 ft 6 in. The concrete does step down from North to South, as will the parapet (see the renderings elsewhere in this thread)----it is indeed taller than the Chairman's Tower by a good amount........

Plokoon11 · #**652** Posted **Sep 20, 2009, 3:43 AM**

Wow man, you made me very excited! ^ AT City's first 700 footer. Thats around the height of Bell Atlantic Tower in Philly.

Plokoon11 · #**653** Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 7:41 PM**

Has this topped out yet?

toebone7 · #**654** Posted **Oct 21, 2009, 2:54 AM**

they are putting up the last few beams of the parapet ...its just about topped out... it dominates the skyline. look at how it makes showboat look puny. keep in mind revel is further away from trump at this angle. caught this cellphone pic from the connector today.

stormkingfan · #**655** Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 11:58 PM**

Jeez, I've been out of touch! Last time I was in AC, they were at the 20th floor. At least a year ago, I guess.

Plokoon11 · #**656** Posted **Nov 19, 2009, 1:10 AM**

Poor chairman tower, it was just built and now just looks very small compared to Revel.

BUILDER5000 · #**657** Posted **Nov 30, 2009, 2:18 AM**

BUILDER5000 · #**658** Posted **Nov 30, 2009, 2:20 AM**

banned · #**659** Posted **Nov 30, 2009, 7:18 PM**

Thanks for the (great) updated pics! Haven't been down there in years (when there were pile drivers in the ground)

Lots of progress made. I wonder if they are still planning on leaving an empty shell and finishing the inside later.

toebone7 · #**660** Posted **Dec 22, 2009, 6:02 AM**

you can see in those pictures of revel that they started taking down one of the cranes, the one closest to the ocean. its just about completely gone now.