New tallest in your city?

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by The North One

I agree that Philly's skyline was superior when the ugly Comcast boxes didn't exist.

philly's new towers make for a fantastic skyline, IMO.


Philaddelphia Skyline as seen from the 59th street bridge in West Philadelphia by Krtz07, on Flickr


Fun fact: did you know that Philly is one of only three* US cities to have at least four skyscrapers over 800' tall?


(*) SF will join that elite club when the 910' tall U/C oceanwide center is completed.

[Wpg_Guy]

Winnipeg's new tallest under construction, 42 Storey mixed use residential tower.

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Location: 300 Main Street
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Floors: 42
Height: 465' | 142M
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[jd3189]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

philly's new towers make for a fantastic skyline, IMO.


Philaddelphia Skyline as seen from the 59th street bridge in West Philadelphia by Krtz07, on Flickr


Fun fact: did you know that Philly is one of only three* US cities to have at least four skyscrapers over 800' tall?


(*) SF will join that elite club when the 910' tall U/C oceanwide center is completed.

I agree with Steely Dan about Philly’s skyline. It’s looks like the future is already there.

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

philly's new towers make for a fantastic skyline, IMO.


Philaddelphia Skyline as seen from the 59th street bridge in West Philadelphia by Krtz07, on Flickr


Fun fact: did you know that Philly is one of only three* US cities to have at least four skyscrapers over 800' tall?


(*) SF will join that elite club when the 910' tall U/C oceanwide center is completed.

LA will follow next probably.
And I only see Philly with 3 over 800

[JManc]

I like the first Comcast tower. Meh on the second one. It's just a big building with a flag pole on it getting in those extra feet on a technicality. Like the Wilshire Grand Center in LA.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

the fact that Houston has two skyscrapers within 30 feet of 800 feet (and three above 800 feet)

Oh yeah, Houston has a lot more buildings in the 700 - 800 foot range than Philly, but I still think it's interesting that Philly is the only US city outside of NYC and Chicago with four buildings over 800'.

Originally Posted by LA21st

LA will follow next probably.

Considering that LA, Houston, and Atlanta are the only other US cities with three 800+ footers, yeah, the next city to get to four (after SF) will most likely be one of them, and LA is in the best position with it's current proposals.

Originally Posted by LA21st

And I only see Philly with 3 over 800

1. Comcast tech center - 1,112'
2. Comcast center - 974'
3. One liberty plaza - 945'
4. Two liberty plaza - 848'

5. Mellon bank center - 792' (only 8' shy of the 800' threshold)

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by JManc

It's just a big building with a flag pole on it getting in those extra feet on a technicality. Like the Wilshire Grand Center in LA.

Yeah, both are kinda "height cheaty", but the visual heft of Comcast Tech Center's mast (vs. the wispy little spire of Wilshire Grand) makes its height seem at least a little more legitimate in my eyes.

That said, if you were gonna ask me which US tower really deserves the "tallest outside of NYC and Chicago crown", I'd have to give it to SF's Salesforce Tower.

[SFBruin]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the next city to get to four (after SF)

Crazy to think that SF will go from 1 800-footer to 4 in just a few short years.

It was considered an underwhelming skyline when I was growing up there.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by SFBruin

Crazy to think that SF will go from 1 800-footer to 4 in just a few short years.

It was considered an underwhelming skyline when I was growing up there.

Based on land values alone, you'd think that SF would at least have a Chicago-sized skyline.

But yeah, it was really slow to grow tall. Until now, that is.

It's been fun to see the SF skyline really grow to a height much more in line with the city's stature.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Yeah, both are kinda "height cheaty", but the visual heft of Comcast Tech Center's mast (vs. the wispy little spire of Wilshire Grand) makes its height seem at least a little more legitimate in my eyes.

That said, if you were gonna ask me which US tower really deserves the "tallest outside of NYC and Chicago crown", I'd have to give it to SF's Salesforce Tower.

Good call on Salesforce. I agree. It actually lives up to its height. I was there in March and it's striking in person. They even have a gondola from plaza to some transit center/ park thing. Very cool.

Even though Trump Chicago also cheats with the spire, it's a damn beautiful building.

As for One/Two Liberty Plazas. You guys are welcome from Houston. It was supposed to be 1400' Bank of Southwest killed dead by oil prices. Helmut Jahn recycled the design for those towers.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by JManc

As for One/Two Liberty Plazas. You guys are welcome from Houston. It was supposed to be 1400' Bank of Southwest killed dead by oil prices. Helmut Jahn recycled the design for those towers.

We're still a wee bit sore here in Chicago that Helmut gave his absolute best skyscraper design work to Philly instead of saving it for his hometown skyline, but those two towers really do look great in Philly, so it's all good.....

[KevinFromTexas]

In Austin, we have 6 X Guadalupe under construction now. It's 848 feet with 65 floors. It's office and condos. This will be the 6th tallest building in Texas and the 5th highest roof. It will also be the highest residential in the country outside of New York, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco, and will have the highest pool in Texas. It will actually have 3 pools and over 45,000 square feet of outdoor space. Over an acre of outdoor space on multiple setbacks.

It won't be lonely either. This will likely be our tallest for a while unless the ATX/Railyard Towers project proves to be taller - which it might. That one looks to be around 950 feet. There is also the 823 foot 4th & Brazos Tower being planned for the other side of downtown. There are also three 700+ foot towers planned. Based on what's planned with filings through the city, we could end up with one 900 footer, two 800 footers, three or four 700 footers, and at least eight 600 footers for a total of 13 or 14 buildings over 600 feet. For comparison sake, Houston has 19 over 600 feet with another 600 footer under construction, and Dallas has 11 buildings over 600 feet.

6 X Guadalupe will be the 4th new tallest building Austin has seen since the Frost Bank Tower became the first 500 footer here in 2004. Before that, the One American Center had been our tallest at 401 feet from 1984 to 2004.

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

One Liberty and Two Liberty - built in '87 and '90, respectively - are by far the two best looking skyscrapers in Philly. Regardless of their rank in height - no other two buildings come close. Not to mention, when I think "Philly skyline", they are the two buildings that immediately come to mind.

Comcast Center ranks third, followed by Three Logan Square and BNY Mellon Center.

Have always really loved Mellon Bank.. actually wish it was the pinnacle of Philly's cluster @ 1400 feet or so. Comcast Tech deserves early retirement.

As twins go, 1 Liberty is one of the best modern takes on classic NYC skyscrapers but 2 Liberty looks like a circumcision gone terribly wrong (or still waiting for construction completion).

[SteveD]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

the fact that Houston has two skyscrapers within 30 feet of 800 feet (and three above 800 feet) makes this ^ a bit less "fun".

yes, and Atlanta 1,023, 867, 820, 770

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

In Austin, we have 6 X Guadalupe under construction now. It's 848 feet with 65 floors. It's office and condos. This will be the 6th tallest building in Texas and the 5th highest roof. It will also be the highest residential in the country outside of New York and Chicago and will have the highest pool in Texas. It will actually have 3 pools and over 45,000 square feet of outdoor space.

It won't be lonely either. This will likely be our tallest for a while unless the ATX/Railyard Towers project proves to be taller - which it might. That one looks to be around 950 feet. There is also the 823 foot 4th & Brazos Tower being planned for the other side of downtown. There are also three 700+ foot towers planned. Based on what's planned with filings through the city, we could end up with one 900 footer, two 800 footers, three or four 700 footers, and at least eight 600 footers for a total of 13 or 14 buildings over 600 feet. For comparison sake, Houston has 19 over 600 feet with another 600 footer under construction, and Dallas has 11 buildings over 600 feet.

6 X Guadalupe will be the 4th new tallest building Austin has seen since the Frost Bank Tower became the first 500 footer here in 2004. Before that, the One American Center had been our tallest at 401 feet from 1984 to 2004.

Austin is on a tear with all of their new buildings.

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by LA21st

LA will follow next probably.
And I only see Philly with 3 over 800

I love Philadelphia's skyline! So underrated.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by SteveD

yes, and Atlanta 1,023, 867, 820, 770

Yep, as I mentioned earlier, Atlanta, along with Houston and LA, is one of the other US cities with 3 towers over 800'.

Here's the full list of US cities with 800+ footers (including U/C):

NYC: 32 + 13 U/C = 44*
Chicago: 15 + 5 U/C = 20
Philly: 4
SF: 3 + 1 U/C = 4
LA: 3
Atlanta: 3
Houston: 3
Dallas: 2
Seattle: 1 + 1 U/C = 2
Miami: 1 + 1 U/C = 2
Cleveland: 1
Charlotte: 1
Oklahoma City: 1
Pittsburgh: 1
Austin: 0 + 1 U/C = 1

Source: CTBUH


(*) Includes 1 U/C 800+ footer in Jersey City

[jtown,man]

Those Austin renderings are unreal. Looks like it's already built.

[mhays]

Seattle has a residential/office tower nearing completion a hair taller than that.

[Steely Dan]

^ and the 910' tall Oceanwide Center U/C in SF also is a mixed-use office/residential tower, which would make it the tallest such tower in the US outside of NYC/Chicago.