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ekt8750 · #**8981** Posted **Sep 13, 2018, 10:48 PM**

The lantern shines again! Drove by there on the Schuylkill after work today and noticed it was lit. Too bad it's still quite cloudy out though so not sure how visible it'll be.

acumenhokie · #**8982** Posted **Sep 14, 2018, 1:27 AM**

mcgrath618 · #**8983** Posted **Sep 14, 2018, 3:03 AM**

God I would love to work there.

Mr Saturn64 · #**8984** Posted **Sep 14, 2018, 2:07 PM**

This is listed as "Built" on the diagrams!

Knight Hospitaller · #**8985** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 1:21 AM**

No lantern lit tonight. The staining at the base of the north side of the lantern, just above the cooling towers is very apparent.

TK2001 · #**8986** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 3:17 AM**

Philadelphia skyline from I-295 South by Thomas Koloski, on Flickr

dropdeaded209 · #**8987** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 6:42 AM**

so far the coolest part about this building is its reflection in Stern's far superior tower across the way!

lol sorry lord norman better luck next time!

Meanwhile Jahn's twins continue to be the aesthetic lynchpin of the city skyline, danke Helmut.

Jayfar · #**8988** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 12:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

so far the coolest part about this building is its reflection in Stern's far superior tower across the way!

I don't agree with the far superior, but my real pet peeve is with the generally accepted practice of crediting all work from a starchitect's firm to the figure-head namesake of the firm. I have to wonder whether Robert A. M. Stern himself has designed anything in recent decades. The lead architect for Comcast Center (and previously for 10 Rittenhouse) is Graham S. Wyatt of Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

Edit: I see on RAMSA's website, 3 of the firms partners are credited with Comcast Center, including Stern. The same trio is also credited with One Crescent Drive at the Navy Yard, another Liberty Property Trust project.

Project Partners
Robert A.M. Stern
Meghan L. McDermott
Graham S. Wyatt

http://www.ramsa.com/projects/project/comcast-center
http://www.ramsa.com/people/person/graham-s-wyatt
http://www.ramsa.com/people/person/meghan-l-mcdermott

SEFTA · #**8989** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 3:53 PM**

Wouldn't LC Tower 1 look so much better if it were 10 stories taller. Just tower 1.

jjv007 · #**8990** Posted **Sep 15, 2018, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by SEFTA

Wouldn't LC Tower 1 look so much better if it were 10 stories taller. Just tower 1.

I've heard people say this and I think it def would benefit from a proportionality perspective, in addition to the obvious height increase. Hindsight is 2020 tho.

GtownFriend · #**8991** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 12:17 AM**

Skyline at dusk from the Vine St. expressway by PierTom, on Flickr

Mr Saturn64 · #**8992** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 3:05 AM**

I talked to my cousin who worked for Comcast and she said people have moved in to the new building. When should we have to move this to the Completed Buildings section?

BTW, I asked her about Comcast 3 and she had nothing to say.

TK2001 · #**8993** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 4:43 PM**

Philadelphia skyline from Westville, NJ wide by Thomas Koloski, on Flickr

skyscraper · #**8994** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

I talked to my cousin who worked for Comcast and she said people have moved in to the new building. When should we have to move this to the Completed Buildings section?

BTW, I asked her about Comcast 3 and she had nothing to say.

had nothing to say because she didn't know anything, or because she wasn't allowed to say anything?

R5Ryder · #**8995** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

When should we have to move this to the Completed Buildings section?

As long as there's painter's tape on it, it's still U/C.

Tatts · #**8996** Posted **Sep 16, 2018, 10:21 PM**

Mr Saturn64 · #**8997** Posted **Sep 17, 2018, 12:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by skyscraper

had nothing to say because she didn't know anything, or because she wasn't allowed to say anything?

The former.

PHL10 · #**8998** Posted **Sep 17, 2018, 11:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by R5Ryder

As long as there's painter's tape on it, it's still U/C.

Jokes aside, the "painters tape" on the lower section of the south has been removed and it was obviously not coming off like it should (did they leave it on too long?). The finish seems to be ruined, from the ground level perspective anyway.

PHL10 · #**8999** Posted **Sep 18, 2018, 3:23 PM**

This picture doesn't really capture it that well but the square lit windows of the hotel portion is a cool effect. Normally you see ribbons of windows lit as opposed to a checkerboard pattern.

Londonee · #**9000** Posted **Sep 18, 2018, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

I talked to my cousin who worked for Comcast and she said people have moved in to the new building. When should we have to move this to the Completed Buildings section?

The hotel portion is still under construction any way, shape, or form. Just walk by the western hotel entrance, it's still heavily UC.