PHILADELPHIA | The Harper | 272 FT | 24 FLOORS - Page 33

summersm343 · #**641** Posted **Jun 21, 2017, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by SEFTA

Constructing but no digging... hmmm

They are indeed digging and installing pilings for shoring/excavation. It's possible they only need to excavate part of the site.

39.95n · #**642** Posted **Jun 22, 2017, 12:36 AM**

Just passed the site. New sign is up (completion Aug '18 if I recall correctly)but...no rendering. I believe Pearl is just messing with you guys at this point.

crackpinky · #**643** Posted **Jun 22, 2017, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by 39.95n

Just passed the site. New sign is up (completion Aug '18 if I recall correctly)but...no rendering. I believe Pearl is just messing with you guys at this point.

No way this gets done in 14 months, even considering it was downsized.

summersm343 · #**644** Posted **Jun 22, 2017, 9:56 PM**

6/20/2017

summersm343 · #**645** Posted **Jun 22, 2017, 9:59 PM**

6/22/2017

This is officially under construction

Jayfar · #**646** Posted **Jun 22, 2017, 10:15 PM**

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wondertwinalpha · #**647** Posted **Jun 23, 2017, 12:05 AM**

A couple more pics from 19th Street through the fence. The trusses are clearly going to be a feature in the entrance to the residential portion of the new building. Quite cool!

1487 · #**648** Posted **Jun 26, 2017, 1:26 PM**

nice. better late than never

allovertown · #**649** Posted **Jun 26, 2017, 1:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by wondertwinalpha

A couple more pics from 19th Street through the fence. The trusses are clearly going to be a feature in the entrance to the residential portion of the new building.

Why does it look like it is just sitting there?

McBane · #**650** Posted **Jun 26, 2017, 2:03 PM**

Under construction is good but do we know what it will look like? Also, the final, official height?

On a related note, I think this has been mentioned before and I agree. When a project gets updated, it would be nice to see the original versions saved on the first post. Summers, is it possible, when a project changes, that the new renderings are added to the first post rather than replacing the original version?

DISCLAIMER: I genuinely appreciate all work you do on this page Summers. I'm not going to become a moderator any time so definitely take my "request" with a huge grain of salt. This isn't a big deal either way.

wondertwinalpha · #**651** Posted **Jun 26, 2017, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by allovertown

Why does it look like it is just sitting there?

It is hanging from the steel "pins" seen in the last photo in post 644. You can see it mounted in the first photo in post 645. The wood blocks are most likely to support the weight while the rest of the structure is completed and will then be removed.

summersm343 · #**652** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 1:47 AM**

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

1487 · #**653** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 11:50 AM**

So we will have a crane here, 1911, 3675 Market, East Market, HUP tower, the other Penn Medicine building, W hotel, CCP building and hopefully the old PHA HQ site on chestnut concurrently. Did I miss any?

Groundhog · #**654** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 12:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

So we will have a crane here, 1911, 3675 Market, East Market, HUP tower, the other Penn Medicine building, W hotel, CCP building and hopefully the old PHA HQ site on chestnut concurrently. Did I miss any?

They won't end up being that tall, but Lincoln Square and 2400 Market as well.

McBane · #**655** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 3:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

They won't end up being that tall, but Lincoln Square and 2400 Market as well.

Well...not sure all concurrently. While many of the projects you identified are already u/c (this project, East Market, 3675 Market, new Penn Medicine building, and the W/Element), others are not that quite far along.

HUP Tower - what's this?
CCP Building - has that started?
PHA HQ - has that even been awarded?

2400 Market crane will be down before the end of the year; Lincoln Square probably Q1 2018.

PhilliesPhan · #**656** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 3:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Well...not sure all concurrently. While many of the projects you identified are already u/c (this project, East Market, 3675 Market, new Penn Medicine building, and the W/Element), others are not that quite far along.

HUP Tower - what's this?
CCP Building - has that started?
PHA HQ - has that even been awarded?

2400 Market crane will be down before the end of the year; Lincoln Square probably Q1 2018.

-HUP Tower is the "Penn Medicine Center for Healthcare Technology", which has been under construction since the installation of cassions back in February.

-The CCP building is currently undergoing site prep. A smaller building on site is being (partially?) demolished.

-Site prep is occurring at the new PHA headquarters. I live about a half mile from the site, so I have been seeing them digging for the past two-three weeks.

I think all of these buildings should have cranes in time to add to this period of simultaneous cranes in the sky.

Fairmount2Fishtown · #**657** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 3:58 PM**

Is Riverwalk going to start soon?

summersm343 · #**658** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

So we will have a crane here, 1911, 3675 Market, East Market, HUP tower, the other Penn Medicine building, W hotel, CCP building and hopefully the old PHA HQ site on chestnut concurrently. Did I miss any?

Comcast still has a crane
W Hotel for a while
3675 Market
East Market
1911 Walnut
The Harper (here)
Penn New Patient Pavilion
Penn Med Tech Building
218 Arch
Blue Horizon tower
View II (two cranes)
Lincoln Square (maybe)
One Franklin Tower (for now)
Aramark HQ (for now)
1601 Vine (for now, but coming down soon)
Cambria Hotel (for now)
Hyatt Centric (eventually)
1300 Fairmount (fingers crossed)
SLS (fingers crossed times 10)
Schuylkill Yards (first tower or two)
Riverwalk (tower 1)
702 Sansom
One uCity Square (fingers crossed)
2012 Chestnut - PHA (fingers crossed)
Chinatown Eastern Tower (fingers crossed times 10)
Equal Justice Center Development (maybe 2)
The Hamilton

^^Still plenty of opportunity for tower cranes by the end of the year.

gdhenry23 · #**659** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 6:57 PM**

Can anyone explain how this has started construction w/o a new CDR decision? It's my understanding that the last CDR application envisioned a vastly different structure.

1487 · #**660** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Comcast still has a crane
W Hotel for a while
3675 Market
East Market
1911 Walnut
The Harper (here)
Penn New Patient Pavilion
Penn Med Tech Building
218 Arch
Blue Horizon tower
View II (two cranes)
Lincoln Square (maybe)
One Franklin Tower (for now)
Aramark HQ (for now)
1601 Vine (for now, but coming down soon)
Cambria Hotel (for now)
Hyatt Centric (eventually)
1300 Fairmount (fingers crossed)
SLS (fingers crossed times 10)
Schuylkill Yards (first tower or two)
Riverwalk (tower 1)
702 Sansom
One uCity Square (fingers crossed)
2012 Chestnut - PHA (fingers crossed)
Chinatown Eastern Tower (fingers crossed times 10)
Equal Justice Center Development (maybe 2)
The Hamilton

^^Still plenty of opportunity for tower cranes by the end of the year.

I tried to go with sure thing projects- so no SLS. Forgot about the View and 1324 N. Broad- both appear to be moving forward. We have heard little on Ucity square, Chinatown or 1300 fairmount recently so I'm skeptical until we see some permits or site activity.