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Knight Hospitaller · #**741** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Tower crane base!!!

MikeNigh · #**742** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 3:27 PM**

mcgrath618 · #**743** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 3:29 PM**

Still no renering, yet a tower crane...
This mystery sure is intriguing

Knight Hospitaller · #**744** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 4:26 PM**

^ I truly don't get that. I guess whatever they build there at the originally proposed height or lower is by right, but can one go through CDR and then change the project like that? Maybe it's only because the project will be identical but for fewer floors.....

Philly Fan · #**745** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

Still no renering, yet a tower crane...
This mystery sure is intriguing

Especially since L&I regulations require that there be an on-site "project information panel" that includes:

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3. A rendering, elevation drawing, or zoning diagram of the building exterior that does not contain logos or
commercially recognizable symbols except in the following cases:

• Demolition

• Alterations where the appearance of the existing façade will not be altered

https://business.phila.gov/media/Maj...quirements.pdf

Knight Hospitaller · #**746** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 4:38 PM**

^ We've been harmed! You file the class action. I'll order the pizza.

Philly Fan · #**747** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 5:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

^ We've been harmed! You file the class action. I'll order the pizza.

Now THERE'S a productive use of a Penn Law degree.

summersm343 · #**748** Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 10:06 PM**

Woot woot!

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly/

1487 · #**749** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 1:06 PM**

that was fast

mcgrath618 · #**750** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 3:06 PM**

Could this be what we're looking for?

SEFTA · #**751** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 3:20 PM**

Looks to be the right height.

mcgrath618 · #**752** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 3:29 PM**

It also looks quite nice. While I prefer the original renderings, this is a LOT better than the 407' building they proposed. Too much glass.

Boku · #**753** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 3:33 PM**

Isn't that the original design that everyone crapped on? lol

Edit: I meant the first deviation from the original design, as noted in post #149.

Brandywine Rocks · #**754** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 3:43 PM**

The previous renderings showed the orientation of this buildings facade facing E-W perpendicular to Sansom. This version^ main facade is facing N-S along Sansom and more realistic to the groundwork that has been laid.

1487 · #**755** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcgrath618

It also looks quite nice. While I prefer the original renderings, this is a LOT better than the 407' building they proposed. Too much glass.

but the glass version was the "improved" Cecil Baker inspired version that everyone was raving about.

SEFTA · #**756** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 4:47 PM**

Reminds me of the Cambria Hotel.

Groundhog · #**757** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 5:03 PM**

Is this really a new design? It looks like that gross rendering from however long a go.

This will look very dated very quickly. Much preferred the glass version. I guess I wouldn't mind it if was in University City or a bit shorter so that it didn't stick out too much, but overall, gross.

Philly Fan · #**758** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 5:10 PM**

Pretty sure that's the old, panned (e.g., by Inga) design. The most current CDR-reviewed design is the subsequent Baker glass tower:

http://www.phila.gov/CityPlanning/pr...CDRpackage.pdf

mcgrath618 · #**759** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 5:19 PM**

I should note that I found this on a real estate website. I don't think it's the current rendering if you guys are saying you've seen it before.

jjv007 · #**760** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 7:52 PM**

That's not the current rendering, unless they decided to just go back to an old rendering.