PHILADELPHIA | One Riverside | 260 FT | 22 FLOORS - Page 11

summersm343 · #**201** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 4:55 AM**

Boom! Love it. Cranes galore in this city right now

allovertown · #**202** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by mmikeyphilly

^ Not quite sure what to make of the mock up façade. The renderings look like there would be more glass, then the material façade shown here.
Maybe as it gets going and seeing more instead of just the one sheet, it will look better. Keeping fingers crossed.

Also strange that the glass looks entirely different than the renderings which portrayed a very light colored glass whereas this glass looks black as can be.

It seems like there has been a big design change.

1487 · #**203** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:46 PM**

I was down there yesterday and I saw them assembling this crane around 11AM or so. Nice to have these cranes so close to the river, great sight for people coming up 76.

kraggman · #**204** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 6:16 PM**

Crane now visible on "FMC" webcam.

summersm343 · #**205** Posted **Oct 20, 2015, 6:11 PM**

Update from Building Philly - Tower crane!

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

summersm343 · #**206** Posted **Oct 23, 2015, 3:50 PM**

Update from Building Philly

More photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

shadowbat2 · #**207** Posted **Oct 26, 2015, 2:16 AM**

024 by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

Jawnadelphia · #**208** Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 10:31 PM**

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kraggman · #**209** Posted **Oct 30, 2015, 3:52 PM**

Must be some good activity on the site. The crane has been moving around quite a bit today. Any updates pics ??

summersm343 · #**210** Posted **Nov 3, 2015, 8:39 PM**

Update from Building Philly

More photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

kraggman · #**211** Posted **Nov 3, 2015, 11:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by shadowbat2

024 by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

Ugh. The ever present trains.

Knight Hospitaller · #**212** Posted **Nov 4, 2015, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by kraggman

Ugh. The ever present trains.

Having worked for Conrail, they are a thing of beauty to me, especially from an economic perspective. It would be nice if the tracks were elsewhere, but they were there long before the folks buying expensive condos.

1487 · #**213** Posted **Nov 4, 2015, 1:26 PM**

This is a city, not sure why people have an issue with residential buildings and transportation corridors being so close. Thats what happens in a densely packed city. My parents' rear yard backs up to a regional rail line that feeds Montco. Its part of life in the city.

cafeguy · #**214** Posted **Nov 4, 2015, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by kraggman

Ugh. The ever present trains.

When they build riverwalk, I was wondering if it is possible to get air rights to portions of this train to create a tunnel. It would be great if there was a design way to build over the train and down to the path...inserting cafes or easier access from retail to river.

kraggman · #**215** Posted **Nov 4, 2015, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by cafeguy

When they build riverwalk, I was wondering if it is possible to get air rights to portions of this train to create a tunnel. It would be great if there was a design way to build over the train and down to the path...inserting cafes or easier access from retail to river.

Bingo !!! Access to the river. In my utopian Philly, the rail lines along the trail would be hidden via tunnel from South St to the existing entrance before the Art Museum. Thus opening up a couple of miles of new river access and reducing noise pollution and blight. Not to mention the safety element. Of course it would take Warren Buffet to step forward and ten years of construction to complete, but I can dream can"t I ???

summersm343 · #**216** Posted **Nov 5, 2015, 12:40 AM**

11/4/2015

Not sure why I'm obsessed with a crane hanging out over the River trail, but I think it's a cool site.

Will really add some cool density to the skyline from the South Street Bridge shot:

Yackemflaber69 · #**217** Posted **Nov 5, 2015, 12:55 AM**

I haven't been paying attention to this project, are there going to be more towers?

summersm343 · #**218** Posted **Nov 5, 2015, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69

I haven't been paying attention to this project, are there going to be more towers?

More towers where? For this project? No, this is the only one. The site is relatively small, and in no way can fit multiple towers.

summersm343 · #**219** Posted **Nov 11, 2015, 1:50 AM**

Schuylkill Reflection by htomren, on Flickr

TempleGuy1000 · #**220** Posted **Nov 11, 2015, 3:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

More towers where? For this project? No, this is the only one. The site is relatively small, and in no way can fit multiple towers.

He could have meant the CHOP building. Isn't there suppose to be multiple towers in the final phase?