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Old Posted Aug 11, 2016, 5:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mmikeyphilly View Post
This looks decent.

Just remember: Philly is NOT New York. Every proposal isn't going to be a 432 Park Ave, or a Hudson Yards.
It would be nice to have something like that in Philly (preference: East side of Broad Street (even better, somewhere along Market, Chestnut, Walnut, Arch, etc.)).

But there are some countries building too tall.
If there were an attack on a mile-high tower, there is no saving anyone whatsoever.

So I am not fond of those mega-tall suicide towers.
I can only hope that NYC understands this logic.
As for Philly, I'm more impressed the more I visit SSP.

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Originally Posted by summersm343 View Post
Lol, it was designed by Ambit Architecture, who funny enough also designed 1528 Cherry Street which also seems to have about a 5% chance of actually happening.

http://www.ambitarchitecture.com/work/

I understand the obligation to creating this thread.
I thank you for your candid honesty on this development.