PHILADELPHIA | W Hotel & Element by Westin | 617 FT | 51 FLOORS - Page 40

brenster · #**781** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

Wonder who is driving that old school station wagon in the back ??
Might be a 1984 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon ...

That car was new when this project was 1st proposed. Lol

summersm343 · #**782** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 11:30 PM**

Signage up on Chestnut Street stating today Wednesday 4/22 is the last day you can park on this block.

GarCastle · #**783** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Excavator now on site. Jersey barriers showing up too. Looks like this might get going

See? More 4x4's on the property and now barriers? They are obviously making a monster truck course for the overpriced SUV/4x4 elite parking lot. That Power Wagon is probably 4x4 with a blower under that hood!

I'm tempted to rip up my Septa pass and drive into work instead. It's like they KNOW the tax-free allowance is high for parking! :^)

Cheers,
G.

Philly Fan · #**784** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by GarCastle

See? More 4x4's on the property and now barriers? They are obviously making a monster truck course for the overpriced SUV/4x4 elite parking lot.

[Shhhhhhh! It's supposed to be a secret until the Grand Opening, remember?]

Cro Burnham · #**785** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 4:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

Wonder who is driving that old school station wagon in the back ??
Might be a 1984 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon ...

Dems's Brook Lenfest's wheels. He does it Old School.

blenfest · #**786** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cro Burnham

Dems's Brook Lenfest's wheels. He does it Old School.

How'd you know? That's how I could afford to get this built. If I had an expensive car there wouldn't be a hotel.

One or two of you probably own a shovel. Get over there and see if you can shave a couple days off the construction schedule.

Boku · #**787** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by blenfest

How'd you know? That's how I could afford to get this built. If I had an expensive car there wouldn't be a hotel.

One or two of you probably own a shovel. Get over there and see if you can shave a couple days off the construction schedule.

Oh snap!

Parkway · #**788** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:16 PM**

But seriously my aunt owned a wagon just like that when I was growing up, except hers was white.

1487 · #**789** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 12:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

Signage up on Chestnut Street stating today Wednesday 4/22 is the last day you can park on this block.

People who park downtown are going to be PO'd for sure. Not only did they lose this pricey, but well located lot, now they are losing a block of parking on 1400 block of chestnut. Great news for all the remaining pricey parking facilities near City Hall though.

MikeNigh · #**790** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 2:13 PM**

Was carrying a concrete divider on to the lot.

Cro Burnham · #**791** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by blenfest

How'd you know? That's how I could afford to get this built. If I had an expensive car there wouldn't be a hotel.

One or two of you probably own a shovel. Get over there and see if you can shave a couple days off the construction schedule.

Figured that's how the Lenfests made the big bucks. There was an Gallo wine ad back in the 80s: a very savvy, wealthy man was lounging on the beautifully manicured lawn at his luxury estate with a gorgeous blond female companion, both sipping glasses of chablis poured from a humongous screw-cap Gallo jug. The woman remarks disbelievingly "But Harold, why are you drinking Gallo? I thought you were so rich . . . " Harold raises his glass languorously and says through his teeth (a la Thurston Howell) ". . . but Penny, how do you think I got to be so rich?"

I think I got the names straight - might've been Brook, not Harold.

Well, gotta go get my shovel to participate in this crowd-sourced construction extravaganza. Look forward to seeing you and the Country Squire in person.

Philly-Drew · #**792** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 3:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cro Burnham

Figured that's how the Lenfests made the big bucks. There was an Gallo wine ad back in the 80s: a very savvy, wealthy man was lounging on the beautifully manicured lawn at his luxury estate with a gorgeous blond female companion, both sipping glasses of chablis poured from a humongous screw-cap Gallo jug. The woman remarks disbelievingly "But Harold, why are you drinking Gallo? I thought you were so rich . . . " Harold raises his glass languorously and says through his teeth (a la Thurston Howell) ". . . but Penny, how do you think I got to be so rich?"

I think I got the names straight - might've been Brook, not Harold.

Well, gotta go get my shovel to participate in this crowd-sourced construction extravaganza. Look forward to seeing you and the Country Squire in person.

Haha! Nice reference. I say that once in a while too, like the dude on the commercial. I also reference the grey pup on, and ancient chinese secret commercials.

Funny that you brought that up. How random is that?

WOW! I can't beLive the digging is going to start on this project! Woohooooo! It's been a long, long time coming for this lot.

Hallelujah!!

MikeNigh · #**793** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 2:41 PM**

Another piece of equipment on the scene. Should just put a barrel on the site, put get'er done on the side and fill it up with shovels so we can get this started.

josef · #**794** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 2:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cro Burnham

Figured that's how the Lenfests made the big bucks. There was an Gallo wine ad back in the 80s: a very savvy, wealthy man was lounging on the beautifully manicured lawn at his luxury estate with a gorgeous blond female companion, both sipping glasses of chablis poured from a humongous screw-cap Gallo jug. The woman remarks disbelievingly "But Harold, why are you drinking Gallo? I thought you were so rich . . . " Harold raises his glass languorously and says through his teeth (a la Thurston Howell) ". . . but Penny, how do you think I got to be so rich?"

I think I got the names straight - might've been Brook, not Harold.

Well, gotta go get my shovel to participate in this crowd-sourced construction extravaganza. Look forward to seeing you and the Country Squire in person.

With all the visual noise in the world today, ads made now could only hope to have such staying power in people's minds as that. Wow.

summersm343 · #**795** Posted **Apr 25, 2015, 3:27 PM**

Update from Building Philly

https://www.facebook.com/BuildingPhilly

1487 · #**796** Posted **Apr 27, 2015, 5:16 PM**

Walked by today. Absoultey nothing going on.

1487 · #**797** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 7:13 PM**

Saw 5-6 pickups, 2 pieces of heavy machinery and surveyors working. They are taking down some of the concrete (plaster?) on the west side of the RC hotel for some reason. Guys were up on the scaffolding with jackhammers. Better than nothing I suppose.

MetroSplash · #**798** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 1:47 AM**

Busy night at the W site. I can only assume that this means this project is finally going forward. I've lived across the street and stared at the ugly parking lot for 9 years! Be gone!

New traffic patterns:

boxbot · #**799** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 2:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by MetroSplash

Busy night at the W site. I can only assume that this means this project is finally going forward. I've lived across the street and stared at the ugly parking lot for 9 years! Be gone!

Amen. This is going to be a tremendous building.

thisisforreal · #**800** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 2:48 AM**

My Philadelphia office (I clarify only because there's a Wilmington office I also frequent) just moved and we're now occupying the northwest corner top floor of the Land Title Building (100 S. Broad) so I've got a really good vantage point to take pictures for this as it goes up.