PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX - Page 324

josef · #**6461** Posted **Feb 7, 2015, 4:02 AM**

Those trees! That pergola/cover/canopy thing! I love it.

summersm343 · #**6462** Posted **Feb 7, 2015, 4:11 AM**

Philadelphia

Buildings Completed Over 10 floors since 2013
2116 Chestnut - 379 feet - 34 floors
Evo at Cira Centre South - 430 feet - 33 floors
Temple University Morgan Hall - 312 feet - 27 floors
Penn Medicine at Washington Square - 260 feet - 19 floors
Chestnut Square - 19 floors
Philadelphia Family Court Building - 265 feet - 15 floors
The View at Montgomery - 214 feet - 14 floors
1900 Arch - 14 floors
3737 Market - 221 feet - 13 floors
Drexel University LeBow College of Business - 13 floors
2040 Market - 13 floors
Temple University Science, Education & Research Center - 10 floors

Buildings Under Construction/Site Prep Over 10 Floors
Comcast Innovation and Technology Center - 1,121 feet - 59 floors
W & Element by Westin - 582 feet - 52 floors
FMC Tower at Cira Centre South - 730 feet - 49 floors
SLS International Hotel & Residences - 590 feet - 47 floors
1601 Vine - 370 feet - 32 floors
1919 Market - 337 feet - 29 floors
3601 Market - 320 feet - 28 floors
500 Walnut - 380 feet - 26 floors
The Summit - 279 feet - 25 floors
3737 Chestnut - 278 feet - 25 floors
Children's Hospital at 700 Schuylkill - 375 feet - 23 floors
One Riverside - 260 feet - 22 floors
East Market Tower I - 281 feet - 21 floors
Penn Medicine South Tower - 302 feet - 19 floors
One Water Street - 16 floors
Museum Towers II - 16 floors
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care - 292 feet - 14 floors
AQ Rittenhouse - 12 floors
1924 Arch - 11 floors
Dalian on the Park - 10 floors
The Study at University City - 10 floors

Proposed Buildings Over 10 floors
1911 Walnut - 525 feet - 43 floors
Riverwalk Tower I - 446 feet - 42 floors
Mellon Independence Center Tower - 429 feet - 35 floors
Broad & Washington Tower I - 33 floors
Broad & Washington Tower II - 33 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower I - 29 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower II - 29 floors
1213 Walnut - 294 feet - 26 floors
1900 Chestnut - 295 feet - 25 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower I - 25 floors
1901 Arch - 370 feet - 22 floors
Edgewater II - 260 feet - 22 floors
Chinatown Eastern Tower - 252 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower II - 220 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower III - 220 feet -21 floors
2400 Market - 20 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower III - 19 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower IV - 19 floors
1528 Cherry - 17 floors
205 Race - 17 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower II - 15 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower III - 15 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower II - 15 floors
735 S. Columbus - 15 floors
AC Hotel by Marriott - 14 floors
401 Race - 13 floors
Hudson Hotel - 13 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower IV - 10 floors
4224 Baltimore - 10 floors

iheartphilly · #**6463** Posted **Feb 7, 2015, 4:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Philadelphia

Buildings Completed Over 10 floors since 2013
2116 Chestnut - 379 feet - 34 floors
Evo at Cira Centre South - 430 feet - 33 floors
Temple University Morgan Hall - 312 feet - 27 floors
Penn Medicine at Washington Square - 260 feet - 19 floors
Chestnut Square - 19 floors
Philadelphia Family Court Building - 265 feet - 15 floors
The View at Montgomery - 214 feet - 14 floors
1900 Arch - 14 floors
3737 Market - 221 feet - 13 floors
Drexel University LeBow College of Business - 13 floors
2040 Market - 13 floors
Temple University Science, Education & Research Center - 10 floors

Buildings Under Construction/Site Prep Over 10 Floors
Comcast Innovation and Technology Center - 1,121 feet - 59 floors
W & Element by Westin - 582 feet - 52 floors
FMC Tower at Cira Centre South - 730 feet - 49 floors
SLS International Hotel & Residences - 590 feet - 47 floors
1601 Vine - 370 feet - 32 floors
1919 Market - 337 feet - 29 floors
3601 Market - 320 feet - 28 floors
500 Walnut - 380 feet - 26 floors
The Summit - 279 feet - 25 floors
3737 Chestnut - 278 feet - 25 floors
Children's Hospital at 700 Schuylkill - 375 feet - 23 floors
One Riverside - 260 feet - 22 floors
East Market Tower I - 281 feet - 21 floors
Penn Medicine South Tower - 302 feet - 19 floors
Museum Towers II - 16 floors
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care - 292 feet - 14 floors
AQ Rittenhouse - 12 floors
1924 Arch - 11 floors
Dalian on the Park - 10 floors
The Study at University City - 10 floors

Proposed Buildings Over 10 floors
1911 Walnut - 525 feet - 43 floors
Riverwalk Tower I - 446 feet - 42 floors
Mellon Independence Center Tower - 429 feet - 35 floors
Broad & Washington Tower I - 33 floors
Broad & Washington Tower II - 33 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower I - 29 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower II - 29 floors
1213 Walnut - 294 feet - 26 floors
1900 Chestnut - 295 feet - 25 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower I - 25 floors
1901 Arch - 370 feet - 22 floors
Edgewater II - 260 feet - 22 floors
Chinatown Eastern Tower - 252 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower II - 220 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower III - 220 feet -21 floors
2400 Market - 20 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower III - 19 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower IV - 19 floors
1528 Cherry - 17 floors
205 Race - 17 floors
One Water Street - 16 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower II - 15 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower III - 15 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower II - 15 floors
735 S. Columbus - 15 floors
AC Hotel by Marriott - 14 floors
401 Race - 13 floors
Hudson Hotel - 13 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower IV - 10 floors
4224 Baltimore - 10 floors

Impressive/robust compilation...

jsbrook · #**6464** Posted **Feb 7, 2015, 11:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by summersm343

Philadelphia

Buildings Completed Over 10 floors since 2013
2116 Chestnut - 379 feet - 34 floors
Evo at Cira Centre South - 430 feet - 33 floors
Temple University Morgan Hall - 312 feet - 27 floors
Penn Medicine at Washington Square - 260 feet - 19 floors
Chestnut Square - 19 floors
Philadelphia Family Court Building - 265 feet - 15 floors
The View at Montgomery - 214 feet - 14 floors
1900 Arch - 14 floors
3737 Market - 221 feet - 13 floors
Drexel University LeBow College of Business - 13 floors
2040 Market - 13 floors
Temple University Science, Education & Research Center - 10 floors

Buildings Under Construction/Site Prep Over 10 Floors
Comcast Innovation and Technology Center - 1,121 feet - 59 floors
W & Element by Westin - 582 feet - 52 floors
FMC Tower at Cira Centre South - 730 feet - 49 floors
SLS International Hotel & Residences - 590 feet - 47 floors
1601 Vine - 370 feet - 32 floors
1919 Market - 337 feet - 29 floors
3601 Market - 320 feet - 28 floors
500 Walnut - 380 feet - 26 floors
The Summit - 279 feet - 25 floors
3737 Chestnut - 278 feet - 25 floors
Children's Hospital at 700 Schuylkill - 375 feet - 23 floors
One Riverside - 260 feet - 22 floors
East Market Tower I - 281 feet - 21 floors
Penn Medicine South Tower - 302 feet - 19 floors
Museum Towers II - 16 floors
Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care - 292 feet - 14 floors
AQ Rittenhouse - 12 floors
1924 Arch - 11 floors
Dalian on the Park - 10 floors
The Study at University City - 10 floors

Proposed Buildings Over 10 floors
1911 Walnut - 525 feet - 43 floors
Riverwalk Tower I - 446 feet - 42 floors
Mellon Independence Center Tower - 429 feet - 35 floors
Broad & Washington Tower I - 33 floors
Broad & Washington Tower II - 33 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower I - 29 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower II - 29 floors
1213 Walnut - 294 feet - 26 floors
1900 Chestnut - 295 feet - 25 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower I - 25 floors
1901 Arch - 370 feet - 22 floors
Edgewater II - 260 feet - 22 floors
Chinatown Eastern Tower - 252 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower II - 220 feet - 21 floors
Riverwalk Tower III - 220 feet -21 floors
2400 Market - 20 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower III - 19 floors
Renaissance Plaza Tower IV - 19 floors
1528 Cherry - 17 floors
205 Race - 17 floors
One Water Street - 16 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower II - 15 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower III - 15 floors
Residences at Schmidt's Tower II - 15 floors
735 S. Columbus - 15 floors
AC Hotel by Marriott - 14 floors
401 Race - 13 floors
Hudson Hotel - 13 floors
700 Schuylkill Tower IV - 10 floors
4224 Baltimore - 10 floors

That's amazing! I didn't realize how many proposals there were before seeing it laid out like that.

Outta here · #**6465** Posted **Feb 7, 2015, 2:09 PM**

WOW!

GarCastle · #**6466** Posted **Feb 8, 2015, 1:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by domodeez

Looks like there will be maybe 4 designated spots for food trucks right off the center of the Porch. UCD did a very comprehensive study of The Porch last year & was looking to do something different with the very east end since it's relatively quiet and sees less pedestrian traffic. Makes sense to me that they would turn it into a play area for kids/families, especially if they continue hosting festivals and other types of programming on the Porch. I'm sure the water feature doesn't need to be activated all the time.

I swear to God they better not tear up the whole freakin' sidewalk yet again for this. Probably 4-5 of the past 7 years have seen that whole area partly closed off and a mess, and it's finally walkable now. Oh my god, I'm starting to sound like a NIMBY! LOL.

Cheers,
G.

McBane · #**6467** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 2:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by domodeez

More renderings/models of The Porch at 30th Street Station v2.0, from the website of Studio Bryan Hanes, the landscape architecture firm that's leading the project (same firm behind The Reading Viaduct, Sister Cities Park, Pier 68, etc.)

http://www.studiobryanhanes.com/work#/porch/

Cool. But I don't think this sugarcoating will resolve 30th St Station's major issue. The building is surrounded by parking, a car loop, and a highway-like roads. Those auto-oriented barriers make it impossible to integrate the station with the street and make it an inviting, pedestrian friendly place. The Porch does a good enough job, I'll give you that, but it could be so much more. And considering it's a major gateway into the city and the building itself is stunning, it's a shame that the way it meets the street is so meh.

josef · #**6468** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 3:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBane

Cool. But I don't think this sugarcoating will resolve 30th St Station's major issue. The building is surrounded by parking, a car loop, and a highway-like roads. Those auto-oriented barriers make it impossible to integrate the station with the street and make it an inviting, pedestrian friendly place. The Porch does a good enough job, I'll give you that, but it could be so much more. And considering it's a major gateway into the city and the building itself is stunning, it's a shame that the way it meets the street is so meh.

I think the biggest things they can do to help is develop those huge parking lots just west of the station and make the streets around it much more pedestrian friendly (i.e., make it not feel like you're crossing an interstate). As much as it's great to think about capping the rail yards, I feel like these things are way more important.

japmes · #**6469** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 4:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by josef

I think the biggest things they can do to help is develop those huge parking lots just west of the station and make the streets around it much more pedestrian friendly (i.e., make it not feel like you're crossing an interstate). As much as it's great to think about capping the rail yards, I feel like these things are way more important.

I'd still like to see an elegant pedestrian bridge connecting 30th street and Center City. If dreaming is allowed, I'd install express moving walkways, like they have at airports.

MikeNigh · #**6470** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 5:17 PM**

They should at least put moving walk ways in between the 30th platforms and the MFL station.

Mappy · #**6471** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 5:59 PM**

A landscape architect took the bold move of saying they will include people of color in their renderings...
...Oh, he meant people with tattoos.

hammersklavier · #**6472** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 8:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Cool. But I don't think this sugarcoating will resolve 30th St Station's major issue. The building is surrounded by parking, a car loop, and a highway-like roads. Those auto-oriented barriers make it impossible to integrate the station with the street and make it an inviting, pedestrian friendly place. The Porch does a good enough job, I'll give you that, but it could be so much more. And considering it's a major gateway into the city and the building itself is stunning, it's a shame that the way it meets the street is so meh.

True. The traffic situation there is f**ked beyond measure. Off-peak, it feels like a highway. At peak, though, there are parking lots with more throughput.

Brett/Rodger · #**6473** Posted **Feb 9, 2015, 8:36 PM**

the crane for Rodin Square has arrived on the site.

Ritz48 · #**6474** Posted **Feb 10, 2015, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by MikeNigh

They should at least put moving walk ways in between the 30th platforms and the MFL station.

There used to be underground access to the MFL from 30th street underground until about 1980. It was gross and dangerous and they figured it was easier to close than renovate.

iamrobk · #**6475** Posted **Feb 10, 2015, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ritz48

There used to be underground access to the MFL from 30th street underground until about 1980. It was gross and dangerous and they figured it was easier to close than renovate.

Would be nice if they could heavily renovate it and open it up again. Make it clean/safe/etc.

Parkway · #**6476** Posted **Feb 10, 2015, 11:31 PM**

Is anyone besides me going to the LSNA meeting for 1823 Callowhill? It's at the Watermark

GarCastle · #**6477** Posted **Feb 10, 2015, 11:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamrobk

Would be nice if they could heavily renovate it and open it up again. Make it clean/safe/etc.

You know... I walked by that entrance (under the west roof of 30th St. Station) and it was all opened up with a feeble aluminum fence not even fully blocking the stairs down. Then the fence was gone and I never really "noticed" it again. I wonder what the heck they did. That was only a couple months ago or so. Maybe they did work on it, or maybe they filled it in?

If I can remember this in 13 hours, I'll peak around. I'll probably forget though.

Cheers,
G.

shadowbat2 · #**6478** Posted **Feb 10, 2015, 11:46 PM**

They had the stairway going down and the elevator had an additional button for a lower level so I guess in theory they can reopen it....

hammersklavier · #**6479** Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 8:51 AM**

Bridgewater's (good place to buy a drink, even if the draft is a tad pricey) is on top of the old entrance. I think they use part of the passage for storage.

The underground geography, though, made it so that the passage was never particularly clean or safe. It went under 30th Street's lower level, you see. Now, if access into the yards were somehow reconfigured to come off the Spring Garden bridge or elsewhere, then that part of the current street could be closed and a new underground concourse built. But that's probably just wishful thinking.

McBane · #**6480** Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 2:32 PM**

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time in NY (family) and was more familiar with the NY subway than our own transit system. Having said that, I was in complete and utter shock the first time I tried to access the Blue Line from 30th St Station. I just could not believe that I had to leave the train station in order to access the Blue Line! My familiarity with the NY subway system is certainly one reason I'm always so disappointed w/ SEPTA. I still get a laugh every time I see a newbie try to ask subway cashiers for change.