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Old Posted Mar 13, 2008, 8:41 PM
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Lightbulb PHILADELPHIA | American Commerce Center | 1,510' Pinnacle / 1,210' Roof | 63 FLOORS

American Commerce Center

"This Changes Everything"

Please don't comment on how it looks like the old Freedom Tower Design. WE KNOW ALREADY.

Website: http://www.acctower.com/

Location: 1800 Arch St.

Height: Office Tower-1510'/455m Spire l 1210' Roof l 63 Stories l Hotel-473'/144m

Usage: Mixed-Office/Hotel

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (http://www.kpf.com/)

Developer: Hill International (http://www.hillintl.com/)

Groundbreaking: Sometime in '10

Features:
  • 1510' Spire
  • 26 Story Hotel
  • 2 Roof Gardens (473' and 6th Floor Accessable)
  • 3-6 Stories of Ground Floor Retail
  • Underground Parking (Dedicated Bicycle Parking)
  • LEED Certified
  • Expansion of Underground Concourse from Comcast Center to 19th and Arch.

Important Info: Brad over at phillyskyline.com first broke this story and did a tremendous job getting all the info on it. You can read the original article here- http://phillyskyline.com/acc1.htm PLEASE READ IT. And while you're at it read phillyskyline everyday because its pretty much the greatest thing ever.

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Images made by members of the forum:










All images courtesy of Hill International and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.

Thanks to Brad at phillyskyline.com for the break on this awesome project and for posting the photos. I would also like to thank Late1 for the pictures from the zoning hearing, SJPhillyBoy for helping me organize images to post and for the images made by the members here on SSPF. If I didn't credit you with something please let me know...

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