PHILADELPHIA | East Market | 284 & 248 FT | 24 & 20 FLOORS

[Gonzo the Great]

Steel beams for the next two stories being lifted into place this morning

Topping off should take place by the end of this month .....

[Trich]

Originally Posted by Gonzo the Great

Steel beams for the next two stories being lifted into place this morning

Topping off should take place by the end of this month .....

You were on to something there - 11 beams put in place today already...

[Mikieman]

Spot the cranes...


IMG_20171109_085817258_HDR by , on Flickr

[Gonzo the Great]

[QUOTE=Mikieman;7981398]Spot the cranes...


IMHO , I think the cladding on the 248' Ludlow tower is flat ugly .

But then it has the unfortunate distinction of being across the street from the
ugliest high rise building on Market st. , the Aramark blob .

I hope the 284'er will don a much more attractive facade ..... I hope .

...... But thanks for posting that shot .....

[mcgrath618]

I think the facade rates somewhere around a 6 for me. It isn't anything special but it is a nice break from the glass.
The 284' cladding is designed to look like PSFS, so I think it'll be a lot better.

[Gonzo the Great]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

I think the facade rates somewhere around a 6 for me. It isn't anything special but it is a nice break from the glass.
The 284' cladding is designed to look like PSFS, so I think it'll be a lot better.

Ok , a nice break from the glass but I think your 6 rating is a bit generous

East Market deserves all the help it can get and I hope the taller tower will be more ascetically appealing .

Not sure when , or if 1301 Market will become reality or if anything will ever rise above ground level at
8th.& Market .... ( in my lifetime ) , but they are two locations crying for developement .

PS ; Have you seen any renders , elevations , post-ups or cover mats for what the second tower might look like .

[Knight Hospitaller]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

it is a nice break from the glass.

Times a thousand. I'm still disappointed that CC1 didn't get the yellow stone (i.e., Art Museum) cladding that was originally promised.

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Gonzo the Great

PS ; Have you seen any renders , elevations , post-ups or cover mats for what the second tower might look like .

[PHL10]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

Times a thousand. I'm still disappointed that CC1 didn't get the yellow stone (i.e., Art Museum) cladding that was originally promised.

It's funny you bring that up. I was just thinking about that myself the other day.



Or the original:

[mcgrath618]

I think that that first rendering is quite ugly. It doesn't blend well.
As for the second one, I like it, but I feel as if though it wouldn't be as powerful as what it turned out to be, simply because of height

[Knight Hospitaller]

To each his own. I think the "jump drive" is ugly and bulky. I've gotten used to it.

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

To each his own. I think the "jump drive" is ugly and bulky. I've gotten used to it.

Fair enough.
I don't think it can be argued that CTC isn't an improvement over CC. It dominates the skyline much more confidently.

[wanderer34]

Originally Posted by mcgrath618

Fair enough.
I don't think it can be argued that CTC isn't an improvement over CC. It dominates the skyline much more confidently.

Hey, everybody can be a critic of something. The CITC may be the city and the state's tallest, but personally, I think it's uninspiring and boring. Doesn't dominate the skyline the way the ACC was supposed to or even Liberty Place and City Hall did during the past. The CITC is a homely tower!

[Gonzo the Great]

Originally Posted by wanderer34

Hey, everybody can be a critic of something. The CITC may be the city and the state's tallest, but personally, I think it's uninspiring and boring. Doesn't dominate the skyline the way the ACC was supposed to or even Liberty Place and City Hall did during the past. The CITC is a homely tower!

Yes , beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder .
Personally I don't mind ANY of the newly constructed or maybe soon to be , but something can certainly be said
for the lost art of a by gone era and its contribution to the cities heritage .

I'm all for development that creates well paying jobs and adds promise to the future but I think cities like Philly
almost have an obligation to remind us of who we are and where we came from ..... architecturally .

So , adding my half pence to the conversation , two really neat old towers that impress the shit out of me are ,
the Walton Hotel and the Pennsylvania RR Broad st. terminal .
Places like this will NEVER see the light of day again .... shame .

[summersm343]

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[Gonzo the Great]

Interesting point of view . I think there will be two more floors of steel then topped off .
P.S. What is that rusty cement tower thing behind Jefferson

[SEFTA]

Is the old building, soon to be a hotel, getting it's face washed?

[blart]

^ Gonzo:

That's a smokestack.
I think I heard long ago it's from the furnace that Jefferson used to cremate the cadavers that the students learned from. I could be wrong on this.

[Parkway]

Originally Posted by blart

^ Gonzo:

That's a smokestack.
I think I heard long ago it's from the furnace that Jefferson used to cremate the cadavers that the students learned from. I could be wrong on this.

I don't know what it used to do but currently it is the smokestack for the diesel back-up generator for the Jefferson Hospital complex.

[iheartphilly]

Originally Posted by Parkway

I don't know what it used to do but currently it is the smokestack for the diesel back-up generator for the Jefferson Hospital complex.

They need to switch up to another generator other than diesel. Hint-Hint-natural gas or steam. Every year, I routinely see that smokestack spew out plume of black smoke and it lingers above it for a good 10-15 mins before being carry around Philly. If that's not pollution, I don't know what is. And, it can't be good if you have any sort of lung disease. Kind of ironic for a hospital, don't you think?