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Old Posted May 23, 2005, 12:14 AM
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Awesome shots with the web cam!

Here are a couple more I took today (5/22/05) from the ground:





Check out the mural in the background:



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Old Posted May 24, 2005, 11:58 PM
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The ball is rolling here now! In a few months there will be four sites going up at the same time (Symphony House, 10 Rittenhouse, Waterfront Square and Comcast Center) with the possibility of one or two more sites getting underway.
     
     
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Old Posted May 29, 2005, 11:09 PM
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This Mural is actually 3D. The figures jut out of the wall.

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Old Posted May 29, 2005, 11:24 PM
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No offense to the mural(which I think is very cool), but that low-rise Subway is a bad use of that land. There's a few of these low-rise chains, it escapes me the exact locations though.
     
     
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Old Posted May 30, 2005, 12:15 AM
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^agreed. cool mural tho.
     
     
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Old Posted May 30, 2005, 8:21 PM
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I don't know what is worse - Having the fast food joint or a surface parking lot.
     
     
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Old Posted May 30, 2005, 9:23 PM
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My first instincts was to say a fast food joint (despite being something I despise) would be preferrable because of its larger workforce, and therefore larger tax base boost.

They also seem to be less of a barren wasteland, and damage the urban fabric slightly less then a surface lot.

However, a surface lot is more easily developable, and probally doesn;t have a lease which needs to be dealt with when it is sold. So, in the end they might be 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other.
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Old Posted May 31, 2005, 3:14 AM
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That SubWay sucks there man. Like, do something with the sign so it doesn't detract from the mural.
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Old Posted May 31, 2005, 3:50 AM
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I hope 10 Ritt doesn't get Nimby'd...I love it.

And Buildup, did you forget about Mandeville? That might be going ^ by the end of the year.

And I was down on Delaware Ave the other day...I just noticed for the first time the World Trade Square banner there. lmao.

little late there.

That banner there made me like the project a little more (I really didn't like it too much before) - a HUGE complex like that in that spot would dramatically alter the skyline. It'd totally throw off how semetric the skyline is now...but I doubt I'd mind. Comcast is already throwing things off a little. Mandeville would too. Not a huge deal.

I'd like to see it happen now, especially because of its mammoth size.

...Oh, and getting the Philadelphia World Trade Center out of Camden and into Philly would be nice too. :hilarious
     
     
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Old Posted May 31, 2005, 11:00 AM
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I think it would be cool because, along with WFS and 700 Delaware, it would give us a pretty decent mini-skyline.
     
     
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I think it would be cool because, along with WFS and 700 Delaware, it would give us a pretty decent mini-skyline.
The way it is looking, WFS will be it's own skyline. The current structures are really coming along. I came back from a Mem. Day cookout in Jersey and noticed how high they are already...
     
     
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Not really...they're 5 buildings that are being built so that it's hard to see a mini skyline. From most views, it'll just look like 3 buildings, since the two smaller buildings will be kinda blocked out. Add WTS and 700 D.A. to it and you got yourself a mini skyline.
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 1, 2005, 1:47 AM
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Not really...they're 5 buildings that are being built so that it's hard to see a mini skyline. From most views, it'll just look like 3 buildings, since the two smaller buildings will be kinda blocked out. Add WTS and 700 D.A. to it and you got yourself a mini skyline.
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Old Posted Jun 3, 2005, 8:58 PM
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someone a while back mentioned something about a second Symphony tower. where was it supposed to go?
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Old Posted Jun 4, 2005, 6:48 PM
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So wait, is the 2nd tower a definite?
actually, looking back through the thread, it was only mentioned once (on page 2), and it threw me off. maybe frank posted on the wrong forum or something. oh well.

im still really excited for this project! next year is going to look crazy when all these big projects start putting up their steel frames ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
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Old Posted Jun 8, 2005, 11:31 PM
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Yesterday I noticed two circular excavations at the northeast corner of the site...Caisonns...pilings??
     
     
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Ok as promised a few craptastic pics....... I was being pushed along by some dudes in suits who pulled up in there BMW 745 soo they were quick point and shoots www.pbase.com/nimrod0472/other_philly_projects
     
     
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As with Comcast Center, the Pit is deepening on this one too!
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