PHILADELPHIA | THE LAUREL @ 1911 Walnut | 604 FT | 48 FLOORS

[iheartphilly]

Don't forget The St. James in Washington Square. Beautiful bldg. https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-st-james-philadelphia-4
TK, you should do a write-up on this one if you haven't already. Would love to hear the history about it. Thanks!

[TK2001]

Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

[TK2001]

Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

And photoshopped The Laurel completed

Philadelphia skyline with The Laurel completed (photoshop) by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

[TK2001]

Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

I got a nice collection of photos coming soon on a Philly YIMBY update!

[TK2001]

https://phillyyimby.com/2022/05/crane-di...e-in-rittenhouse-square-center-city.html

[Philly Fan]

Originally Posted by TK2001

https://phillyyimby.com/2022/05/crane-di...e-in-rittenhouse-square-center-city.html

Well done!

[jaysb]

Originally Posted by TK2001

https://phillyyimby.com/2022/05/crane-di...e-in-rittenhouse-square-center-city.html

The lighting in the last pic looks awesome (esp Riverwalk). Hopefully the Laurel has something nice planned too. One of the only things I liked about my 2 years in Miami was that Brickell had their light game on point!

[TK2001]

The building you refer to is actually One Riverside, completed in 2017. And the top two floors of the mechanical crown will be lit up, as the lights will be behind the X braced crown to show off the X's

The Laurel Rittenhouse rendering by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

[jaysb]

well that explains why I couldn't find it's fraternal twin (thinking it was riverwalk)!
thanks

[TK2001]

1620 Sansom Street crane and The Laurel Rittenhouse by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

[quigleysr]

FYI As a local resident I just received notice that Walnut from 18th to 20th is closed tomorrow morning through Sunday night for the crane removal.

[summersm343]

Crane Disassembly Underway At The Laurel Rittenhouse





Read/view more here:
https://phillyyimby.com/2022/05/crane-di...e-in-rittenhouse-square-center-city.html

[summersm343]

_DSC1963 by Jonathan Smith, on Flickr

[summersm343]

IMG_4902 by Al R, on Flickr

[Jawnadelphia]

The "backside" Sansom side is looking really good - gotta give some credit here to SLC for their preservation/recreation efforts:

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Jawnadelphia

The "backside" Sansom side is looking really good - gotta give some credit here to SLC for their preservation/recreation efforts:

This is the most impressive feat of all: they tore the cafe down and completely rebuilt the facade. It looks superb.

[SouthCentralPA]

What is planned for those backside buildings?

[PHLtoNYC]

^ Equinox gym is taking space in the podium. I also thought a Michael Schulson restaurant concept was included somewhere. Not sure what else.

[mcgrath618]

The brick building is going to be rental units iirc.

[pianowizard]

A striking skyline, probably one of the country's top 5 in terms of aesthetics, and The Laurel is contributing to it appreciably. After playing with Street View on Google Maps, I figured that this photo was taken on the South Street Bridge.

Originally Posted by summersm343

IMG_4902 by Al R, on Flickr