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Whu215 · #**1961** Posted **Dec 4, 2016, 3:26 PM**

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Perfect. I'm going to come steal your front tire.

That wouldn't be a good idea.

Took some video of the East core cell at break yesterday.

19'-6" high

Philly Fan · #**1962** Posted **Dec 4, 2016, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

That wouldn't be a good idea.

Yeah, summers--the guy has access to a lot of power tools.

Philly Fan · #**1963** Posted **Dec 4, 2016, 3:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

Took some video of the East core cell at break yesterday.

19'-6" high

When's the pour?

Whu215 · #**1964** Posted **Dec 4, 2016, 5:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

When's the pour?

Not sure, still a lot of rebar to go in and panels to be sent from the shop.

1487 · #**1965** Posted **Dec 5, 2016, 1:17 PM**

Philly mag has a one page feature about construction obstacles all over center city and this project was one of them. Approximate end dates for each project were also listed- they had this one listed at summer 2017- not sure what the author was thinking/smoking when he wrote that- obviously he hasn't bothered to walk by the site.

City Wide · #**1966** Posted **Dec 5, 2016, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

Not sure, still a lot of rebar to go in and panels to be sent from the shop.

meaning the core is going to built using slip forms? If so, I wonder why that wasn't started in the basement, right on the slab.

boxbot · #**1967** Posted **Dec 5, 2016, 10:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whu215

Took some video of the East core cell at break yesterday.

19'-6" high

Nice. Is that officially taller than 1919 Market?

thisisforreal · #**1968** Posted **Dec 6, 2016, 12:41 PM**

Nov 29th:

Dec 6th:

thisisforreal · #**1969** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 1:09 PM**

Dec 7th:

Whu, is there lighting in place on the lower levels of parking? If not, is it a feasability issue? What has to be in place before it can be put in?

City Wide · #**1970** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 9:41 PM**

Whu, is there lighting in place on the lower levels of parking? If not, is it a feasability issue? What has to be in place before it can be put in?[/QUOTE]

Are you wondering if the parking aspect of this project can open before the rest of the building is complete, as in soon?
I would bet "no". It would have to have sprinklers, ventilation and fire escapes as well as a easy way to drop ones wheels off to be parked, since its not a self park garage.
In your photos I usually see a lot of empty parking spots right below you.

slow-v6 · #**1971** Posted **Dec 7, 2016, 10:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by boxbot

Nice. Is that officially taller than 1919 Market?

No.. But taller then the empty lot that use to be on 1919 market!

thisisforreal · #**1972** Posted **Dec 8, 2016, 1:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

Are you wondering if the parking aspect of this project can open before the rest of the building is complete, as in soon?

No, just wondering if sprinkler and electric and all that stuff can happen at the same time as ground level pours above, or if it needs to wait until the core is rising above street level. Just general curiosity about timing.

As a former city planner, my knowledge of the construction process is minimal - my expertise is zoning, land use, final development plans. The construction aspect is all new to me.

Anyways, here's wonderwall (Dec 8th):

Philly Fan · #**1973** Posted **Dec 8, 2016, 2:33 PM**

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Anyways, here's wonderwall (Dec 8th):

Jeez, look at the length of the fully-extended arm on that concrete pumper!

1487 · #**1974** Posted **Dec 8, 2016, 3:44 PM**

based on what I know you typically aren't going to see a lot of the trades on site that do system installation until they have enough work to work continuously. Starting to rough in the parking garage when the building is this early in construction doesn't make a lot of sense because that trade would run out of work relatively quickly. You need more floors above ground and elevators before you really can let the other trades loose on a project.

thisisforreal · #**1975** Posted **Dec 12, 2016, 2:35 PM**

Dec 8th:

Dec 12th:

summersm343 · #**1976** Posted **Dec 12, 2016, 8:11 PM**

Update from Building Philly

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

thisisforreal · #**1977** Posted **Dec 13, 2016, 3:02 PM**

Dec 12th:

Dec 13th:

Londonee · #**1978** Posted **Dec 13, 2016, 5:34 PM**

^^^I think that's Ben Simmons' white Maserati there in the Dec. 13th photo.

Schn3ll · #**1979** Posted **Dec 13, 2016, 5:59 PM**

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^^^I think that's Ben Simmons' white Maserati there in the Dec. 13th photo.

That's a Jaguar F-Type though... I know Ben has a Black Range Rover and Embiid also lives there. Good thing they both have city hall views with this building going up.

Londonee · #**1980** Posted **Dec 13, 2016, 7:59 PM**

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That's a Jaguar F-Type though... I know Ben has a Black Range Rover and Embiid also lives there. Good thing they both have city hall views with this building going up.

Yeah, according to an SI feature on JoJo from October he's moved out of the Ritz - it was a part of a dark Shirley-Temple binge drinking period for him.

He moved somewhere else in CC that, according to the article, you can see on the skyline from the 2nd floor of the Camden practice facility. Any guesses? I think that vantage would eliminate any Rittenhouse square building.