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ALLENTOWN, PA | Landmark Tower | 420 FT | 33 FLOORS
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/alle...kyscraper.html
Proposed Allentown skyscraper would tower 420 feet above the city
By Edward Sieger
January 13, 2015
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A proposed 33-story tower at Ninth and Walnut streets could eventually become the norm, not the exception for development in Center City Allentown, the project architect said Tuesday.
"It could be a start of many other buildings in Downtown Allentown," architect Glenn Lichtenwalner said.
The Allentown Planning Commission Tuesday took its first look at developer Bruce Loch's 420-foot Landmark Tower project. Planners tabled the project while additional engineering and architectural work is completed.
As proposed, the building would become the tallest in the state outside of Philadelphia or Pittsburgh and feature two floors of retail, 24 floors of office space and seven floors of residential, including three floors of penthouse space. The penthouse views from the ceiling-to-floor windows would afford a roughly 360-degree, 20-mile view, according to Lichenwalner.
The planning commission's review was a broad one that included questions about parking, storm-water management and access to the adjoining parking deck. Commissioner Richard Button addressed the elephant in the room: the building's vertical reach on a relatively small parcel of land.
Project engineer Andy Woods acknowledged the property is a relatively small one at roughly 5,200 square feet. Button said he's fielded concerns from residents about the prospects of building such a tall building on that property.
"It looks like a tall, skinny building. Tell me how solid this is going to be," he said. "People think you can't do it."
Referring to renderings provided by the architect, commission Chairman Oldrich Foucek noted "that conference room looks like it would take up an entire floor."
The building's pedestal will measure roughly 80 feet along South Ninth Street and 68 feet along Walnut Street, expanding to 89 feet by 78 feet at the fifth floor, Lichtenwalner said. The PPL building's upper floors, by comparison, measure 120 feet by 76 feet, he said.
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