PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread IX - Page 440

BenKatzPhillytoParis · #**8781** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Others have confirmed through the thread I started that only admins have the ability to tag threads to add them to the Philadelphia Projects and Construction Forum.

So therefore, until an admin adds them, the only way to access them would be to either go to the main SkyscraperPage Forum homepage here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/

...and search through the individual subforums to find threads and subscribe to them.

Or, you could do a search similar to what I did with the search function near the top of the page. Click "advanced search" and type "Philadelphia" in the keywords box and filter below to "Search titles only." Then select the Supertall Construction, Highrise Construction, Highrise & Supertall proposals and General Development sub-forums using the shift key to select all of them and then start the search.

Best of luck!

Thanks as always summersm for the time you take to give such helpful guidance. However, that is not something I think most are going to do on a regular basis. Why are admins so slow to add projects? That impedes the whole purpose of the website. Is there a way to expedite these projects' addition? That's really aggravating the fact that they have basically caused those projects to drop off the radar for everyone who is not inclined or doesn't have the time to do an advanced search all the time.

hammersklavier · #**8782** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 3:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by BenKatzPhillytoParis

Thanks as always summersm for the time you take to give such helpful guidance. However, that is not something I think most are going to do on a regular basis. Why are admins so slow to add projects? That impedes the whole purpose of the website. Is there a way to expedite these projects' addition? That's really aggravating the fact that they have basically caused those projects to drop off the radar for everyone who is not inclined or doesn't have the time to do an advanced search all the time.

It isn't just a Philly threads issue. The Chicago mods are having the same problem. The real problem is that only two people (Dylan Leblanc and Mike K IIRC) have the power to tag threads and it doesn't seem like either of them have done so in a little while.

McBane · #**8783** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:30 AM**

Is this thread open for the papal visit or did the secret service shut it down, too?

summersm343 · #**8784** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by McBane

Is this thread open for the papal visit or did the secret service shut it down, too?

We're open even though they tried. I thwarted their attempts.

summersm343 · #**8785** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:54 AM**

Pretty cool shot from Flickr.

Obvious new additions are Evo (2014), Chestnut Square (2013) and 2116 Chestnut (2013) with 1919 Market and Comcast Innovation & Technology Center under construction. The Murano and The Comcast Center were completed in 2008. Crazy how many towers/highrises Philly has built in such a short time. Hope they keep coming!

Philadelphia by মিনহাজ, on Flickr

thisisforreal · #**8786** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 11:17 PM**

Here it is, folks, the best Post-Pope materials I've found today:

Awesome YouTube Carless Philly Promo
Credit: Cory J Popp

And Inga Saffron's op-ed saying we should do this more often.

summersm343 · #**8787** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:13 AM**

More clues to Cira II?

The last image shows Cira II. Also, on the development map on the bottom, there is a red dot for Cira 2 under "planned or under construction" color coding.

http://www.phillydistrict30.com/study-area-maps/

summersm343 · #**8788** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:27 AM**

Cira II - new thread created
We have some supporting evidence from the 30th Street district website of Brandywine proposing this and since we'll be receiving more information on this soon, I decided to go ahead and make a thread for it here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7180370#post7180370

MikeNigh · #**8789** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

More clues to Cira II?

The last image shows Cira II. Also, on the development map on the bottom, there is a red dot for Cira 2 under "planned or under construction" color coding.

http://www.phillydistrict30.com/study-area-maps/

Looks like they have a lot already set aside for cira 3 when they're ready.

summersm343 · #**8790** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by MikeNigh

Looks like they have a lot already set aside for cira 3 when they're ready.

Where do you see that?

MikeNigh · #**8791** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Where do you see that?

The first picture shows brandywine owning the ludlow / market block west of the IRS building.

summersm343 · #**8792** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by MikeNigh

The first picture shows brandywine owning the ludlow / market block west of the IRS building.

Ahh gotcha. Yeah, I think once this area is built up Brandywine probably would want to level that block and build up. I would rather see the surrounding parking lots and underdeveloped lots bite the dust before this were to happen though.

Eigenwelt · #**8793** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 5:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Where do you see that?

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Originally Posted by MikeNigh

The first picture shows brandywine owning the ludlow / market block west of the IRS building.

I labeled the Brandywine properties marked on the image.

1487 · #**8794** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 12:33 PM**

Old city apt boom

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20150929_New_Ventures_In_Old_City.html

Honestly I think One water street shoulve been mentioned- its a few hundred feet from The Bridge and its basically in old city for all intents and purposes.

Boku · #**8795** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 1:34 PM**

They also have that Riverwalk development that went kaput earlier this year listed under Planned or Under Construction.

Kidphilly · #**8796** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boku

They also have that Riverwalk development that went kaput earlier this year listed under Planned or Under Construction.

yep the one thing that seems newerish is the FMC logo on the model

would be cool as a juxtaposition looking down JFK to see the station and the modern skyscraper rising behind

time will tell, all these buildings would need tenant which means somehow attracting jobs - none seem to get started without a tenant so the wait begins/continues IMHO

Londonee · #**8797** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kidphilly

would be cool as a juxtaposition looking down JFK to see the station and the modern skyscraper rising behind

The view corridor looking down JFK towards 30th street now includes the brand new Summit tower at Drexel. It's not a shimmering 600+footer, but it definitely impacts that view.

Kidphilly · #**8798** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 3:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Londonee

The view corridor looking down JFK towards 30th street now includes the brand new Summit tower at Drexel. It's not a shimmering 600+footer, but it definitely impacts that view.

agree but tis would be even more dramatic

Knight Hospitaller · #**8799** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kidphilly

agree but tis would be even more dramatic

I can still remember how the construction of the Wharton "round tower" at 38th and Walnut created a sense of the city's expansiveness (unlike any place I've been other than Manhattan, thanks to the rectilinear street grid) when viewed from the Rittenhouse Square area. The construction at Drexel does that to some degree, but a several hundred footer directly behind 30th would have a Park Avenue (Grand Central against the Pan Am/Met Life backdrop) effect. All we need to complete the effect is some construction closer up to JFK on both sides of the 20th to 29th St. viaduct.

domodeez · #**8800** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by thisisforreal

Here it is, folks, the best Post-Pope materials I've found today:

Awesome YouTube Carless Philly Promo
Credit: Cory J Popp

And Inga Saffron's op-ed saying we should do this more often.

There's already an organized effort to bring Open Streets to Philly beginning in 2016. Give the people what they want: https://www.change.org/p/jim-kenney-bring-open-streets-weekends-to-philly-in-summer-2016