PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX - Page 223

tsarstruck · #**4441** Posted **Aug 23, 2014, 2:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mappy

Does anybody have a connection to someone at The St. James?

If so we should try to get a wide angle view Web Cam put on top facing west, because that will give us a great view of most of the highrises going up in the next few years.

My friends are on the 38th floor. I might be able to convince them to mount one if someone has one (and a way to power it...).

bucks native · #**4442** Posted **Aug 23, 2014, 11:33 AM**

Temple hits fundraising record with $67.9M in fiscal year

Cleared to buy Wm Penn HS on N. Broad.

theWatusi · #**4443** Posted **Aug 23, 2014, 1:45 PM**

Is that le dîner avec douche?

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Originally Posted by bucks native

3,500 on S. Broad

photo: PHL Mag

MusicMan84 · #**4444** Posted **Aug 23, 2014, 3:10 PM**

I went to Center City Sips at Top of the Tower this week and snapped some pics between sips...here are a couple that show some of the projects we are following...

Untitled by Music_Man84, on Flickr

EastSideHBG · #**4445** Posted **Aug 23, 2014, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by theWatusi

Is that le dîner avec douche?

EastSideHBG · #**4446** Posted **Aug 24, 2014, 3:25 PM**

Plans for two hotels at 15th & Chestnut taking shape

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Pl...ut_taking_shape.html#sXo67JG1hZH9DKtj.99

josef · #**4447** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by theWatusi

Is that le dîner avec douche?

Yes, they're letting them shower right there after all the dancing this year.

bucks native · #**4448** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 7:18 AM**

Nice photos! Thanks.

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Originally Posted by MusicMan84

I went to Center City Sips at Top of the Tower this week and snapped some pics between sips...here are a couple that show some of the projects we are following...

Untitled by Music_Man84, on Flickr

So will that new River thing development cover a portion of the tracks seen here?

bucks native · #**4449** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 7:20 AM**

New Fall series "How to Get Away with Murder" looks to be set in Philadelphia.

tsarstruck · #**4450** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 1:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by bucks native

New Fall series "How to Get Away with Murder" looks to be set in Philadelphia.

Set in but not shot here, sadly:

http://articles.philly.com/2014-05-15/en...1_jimmy-fallon-alycia-lane-shonda-rhimes

summersm343 · #**4451** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 3:17 PM**

Article about Philadelphia's emerging luxury condo market

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-13...n-at-10-rittenhouse-square-mortgage.html

iamrobk · #**4452** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 5:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by tsarstruck

Set in but not shot here, sadly:

http://articles.philly.com/2014-05-15/en...1_jimmy-fallon-alycia-lane-shonda-rhimes

They definitely shot some scenes here, back in like April. I know since it was a block from my apartment and they took up ~3 blocks worth of parking for a week for all their trucks and equipment. Kinda glad they're not filming anymore here (I guess they only filmed the pilot here?) if that's how it would have been, to be honest.

summersm343 · #**4453** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 5:16 PM**

Its probably something similar to what "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" does. They film the interior scenes in Los Angeles and the exterior scenes here in Philadelphia. Either way, this is good publicity for the city to have another show set here.

In case you guys did not know, Pretty Little Liars (which my girlfriend is a fanatic of), is set in the Philadelphia area and is a pretty big show currently.

br323206 · #**4454** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Its probably something similar to what "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" does. They film the interior scenes in Los Angeles and the exterior scenes here in Philadelphia. Either way, this is good publicity for the city to have another show set here.

In case you guys did not know, Pretty Little Liars (which my girlfriend is a fanatic of), is set in the Philadelphia area and is a pretty big show currently.

Originally they were going to shoot the show here, but Viola Davis preferred to be in LA so they moved production completely to LA. So only the pilot got shot here. It's really unfortunate.

Philly Fan · #**4455** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by br323206

Originally they were going to shoot the show here, but Viola Davis preferred to be in LA so they moved production completely to LA. So only the pilot got shot here. It's really unfortunate.

They should have cast David Morse in the lead role (as an African-American female law professor). The show would have been shot entirely in Philly (like his show "Hack"), and he would have had a chance to really show off his acting range.

summersm343 · #**4456** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 7:15 PM**

Current Philadelphia Apartment Building Occupancy

Riverloft- 97%
2116 Chestnut- 95.6%
1835 Arch- 95.9%
One Franklin Town- 94.6%
Metropolitan- 93%
Edgewater- 92.9%
The Arch- 97.5%
777 South Broad- 98.6%
1500 Locust- 95.5%
The Sterling- 91.6%
The Sansom- 95%
2040 Market- 97%
Museum Towers- 95.1%
The Touraine- 94.5%
Lofts at Logan View- 96%
The St. James- 97%
Goldtex- 84%
Icon 1616- 89%
Domus- 99%
Southstar Lofts- 62%
Tower Place- 86%
The Left Bank- 98.5%
Locust on the Park- 94%
The Granary- 94%
1900 Arch- 62%
Evo- 83%

Wow Evo filled quick- they did a good job pre-leasing. I was also told that One Riverside will begin by the end of the year. Museum Towers II will begin by summer next year, and Edgewater is currently undergoing a redev for "Phase I" and "Phase II" will include the next tower which should start by the end of next year.

DIESELPOLO · #**4457** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 8:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Its probably something similar to what "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" does. They film the interior scenes in Los Angeles and the exterior scenes here in Philadelphia. Either way, this is good publicity for the city to have another show set here.

In case you guys did not know, Pretty Little Liars (which my girlfriend is a fanatic of), is set in the Philadelphia area and is a pretty big show currently.

Love PLL. Although, every time they go to Philly, they show the NY skyline. Most egregious example was last season when they went to Center City and had the Empire State building as the backdrop.

The tween set probably doesn't notice (and/or doesn't care).

summersm343 · #**4458** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 9:40 PM**

Historical Commission approves two projects

-New 9 story hotel addition to old Warner Bros. Film distribution center
-205 Race. 17 floor apartment building with ground floor retail.

http://planphilly.com/articles/2014/08/2...e-st-construction-and-801-market-signage

Kidphilly · #**4459** Posted **Aug 25, 2014, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Historical Commission approves two projects

-New 9 story hotel addition to old Warner Bros. Film distribution center
-205 Race. 17 floor apartment building with ground floor retail.

http://planphilly.com/articles/2014/08/2...e-st-construction-and-801-market-signage

and signage for the strawbridges building

EastSideHBG · #**4460** Posted **Aug 26, 2014, 12:18 AM**

Construction finally set to begin on market, condos in Chestnut Hill
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Co...n_Chestnut_Hill.html#cqVkWjqPVEUYciij.99

Plan for energy-conscious condos in Mount Airy
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/classifieds...s_in_Mount_Airy.html#1CibHydTXtRTJeUO.99