PHILADELPHIA | The Alexander | 370 FT | 32 FLOORS - Page 18

1487 · #**341** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 12:38 PM**

Those pics make Philly look like the the "successful" American cities we all hear so much about. All those cranes make us look comparable to Seattle, Portland, etc.

summersm343 · #**342** Posted **Sep 17, 2015, 8:25 PM**

Temple and tower crane

Mikieman · #**343** Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 2:18 PM**

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Larry King · #**344** Posted **Sep 30, 2015, 2:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

Those pics make Philly look like the the "successful" American cities we all hear so much about. All those cranes make us look comparable to Seattle, Portland, etc.

We're much bigger and better than both of those cities

iheartphilly · #**345** Posted **Oct 3, 2015, 3:13 AM**

Concrete was pour for the base of this building.

iheartphilly · #**346** Posted **Oct 4, 2015, 4:03 PM**

As previously mentioned, the depth of the foundation and size rivals CITC.

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kraggman · #**347** Posted **Oct 4, 2015, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

As previously mentioned, the depth of the foundation and size rivals CITC.

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Large and beefy, just the way I like 'em.

summersm343 · #**348** Posted **Oct 4, 2015, 8:59 PM**

This has to be one of the biggest foundations for an apartment tower.

1487 · #**349** Posted **Oct 5, 2015, 12:46 PM**

They are spending a lot underground on this one.

psueng7 · #**350** Posted **Oct 9, 2015, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

As previously mentioned, the depth of the foundation and size rivals CITC.

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Originally Posted by kraggman

Large and beefy, just the way I like 'em.

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Originally Posted by summersm343

This has to be one of the biggest foundations for an apartment tower.

What you are seeing isn't the actual foundation for the building. The actual foundations are below that large expanse of rebar that you see, so the actual foundations are the "puddles" of concrete you can see in the photo. Due to the location of the water table, they need to build a "bathtub" to keep the underground levels from flooding. What you can see in iheartphilly's picture is the reinforcing for what is known as a "pressure raft". This raft resists the hydrostatic load from the water table and is waterproofed to keep everything dry.

The actual foundations for Comcast II are MUCH bigger than the foundations for this tower!

hammersklavier · #**351** Posted **Oct 9, 2015, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by psueng7

What you are seeing isn't the actual foundation for the building. The actual foundations are below that large expanse of rebar that you see, so the actual foundations are the "puddles" of concrete you can see in the photo. Due to the location of the water table, they need to build a "bathtub" to keep the underground levels from flooding. What you can see in iheartphilly's picture is the reinforcing for what is known as a "pressure raft". This raft resists the hydrostatic load from the water table and is waterproofed to keep everything dry.

The actual foundations for Comcast II are MUCH bigger than the foundations for this tower!

That has to be true, they blasted a lot of bedrock away just to make room for the parking garage -- and the point of foundations is to transfer structural loads to bedrock.

So technically this building has barely any foundations, because the garage is already sunk like three stories into the bedrock anyway.

Still a freaking deep pit, though.

Jawnadelphia · #**352** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 1:38 PM**

Looks like the building next to the Temple - right, is nearing completion.

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psueng7 · #**353** Posted **Oct 10, 2015, 2:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by hammersklavier

That has to be true, they blasted a lot of bedrock away just to make room for the parking garage -- and the point of foundations is to transfer structural loads to bedrock.

So technically this building has barely any foundations, because the garage is already sunk like three stories into the bedrock anyway.

Still a freaking deep pit, though.

haha! Yeah, agreed, still a HUGE hole in the rock!

summersm343 · #**354** Posted **Oct 15, 2015, 3:10 AM**

10/14/2015

Jawnadelphia · #**355** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 2:00 PM**

Two for price of one - Museum Tower and 1601 Vine site.

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When do you guys think the apt building will begin to appear above ground?

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1487 · #**356** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:57 PM**

This entire area is undergoing huge change- if you drive down there its crazy. The area in front of the library is now closed off and I was on 676 yesterday and I saw that they have laid new steel beams for the first replacement bridge. When that project is all done you are going to have new bridges, better sidewalks, more green space and landscaping plus the new buildings by the Mormons. All we need is for something to happen with family court. Right now its vacant and trash is collecting around its exterior. There has been NOTHING said about this project in a long time.

Arch+Eng · #**357** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:19 PM**

Does anyone have pictures or details on the I think ~5 townhouses they are building as well?

Jawnadelphia · #**358** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:49 PM**

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Does anyone have pictures or details on the I think ~5 townhouses they are building as well?

http://www.phila.gov/CityPlanning/pr...%20Package.pdf

It looks more like 13 townhouses. pg.15-16

Arch+Eng · #**359** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

http://www.phila.gov/CityPlanning/pr...%20Package.pdf

It looks more like 13 townhouses. pg.15-16

Oh okay, I see that they are directly connected to the tower. I though they were detached. Thanks Coolone

MikeNigh · #**360** Posted **Oct 20, 2015, 5:47 PM**