PHILADELPHIA | Comcast Technology Center | 1,121 FT | 60 FLOORS - Page 414

TK2001 · #**8261** Posted **Apr 21, 2018, 12:34 AM**

Alpha Sky · #**8262** Posted **Apr 21, 2018, 1:00 PM**

Almost there! View from One Liberty.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbTuPn0V0AA54t6.jpg

ekt8750 · #**8263** Posted **Apr 21, 2018, 11:01 PM**

Tower crane had shrunk some more today to below roof level.

gjrip · #**8264** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 1:30 AM**

A LOT of blue plastic removed on the northern face. Gotta snag a pic tomorrow.

JurassicPhilly · #**8265** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by gjrip

A LOT of blue plastic removed on the northern face.

Then it is truly a great day.

MichaelScottsOffice · #**8266** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 4:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by JurassicPhilly

Then it is truly a great day.

Lolol. I was anxious to see the tape come down but I see you have a true hatred for it.

mja · #**8267** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 6:54 PM**

Yeah, all of the blue tape is off of the north side of the hotel portion. I have concerns. It looks...weird. I think it would have looked a lot better had it been beveled like the office portion.

PhillyEngineer · #**8268** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 7:18 PM**

There is now a white blinking light at the top of the lantern. I saw it this morning driving eastbound on Lancaster Avenue in Wynnewood.

JurassicPhilly · #**8269** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by mja

Yeah, all of the blue tape is off of the north side of the hotel portion. I have concerns. It looks...weird. I think it would have looked a lot better had it been beveled like the office portion.

Really? Hopefully it's just because you're used to seeing it with the tape at this point. I haven't seen it yet. I hope it looks good I was really starting to like the building.

JurassicPhilly · #**8270** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelScottsOffice

Lolol. I was anxious to see the tape come down but I see you have a true hatred for it.

I have few virtues and patience isn't one of them.

mja · #**8271** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by JurassicPhilly

Really? Hopefully it's just because you're used to seeing it with the tape at this point. I haven't seen it yet. I hope it looks good I was really starting to like the building.

I really want to like the building as well, and for the most part I do. I was wary about the silver trim on the hotel portion but wasn't going to judge it until the blue tape was off. Now that it is, my initial reaction is not great. Hopefully, I just need to get used to it and then it'll come together.

mcgrath618 · #**8272** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 8:47 PM**

I think it looks amazing, to be honest. Really completes the building.

gjrip · #**8273** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 9:11 PM**

I think the silver bars looks spectacular. Fixed my gripes.

gjrip · #**8274** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 10:06 PM**

Not great quality but pretty far for a phone camera. By the zoo (34th St.).

Marcos · #**8275** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 10:59 PM**

in those pictures it looks like they've started closing the gap on the last few floors of the spine, is that right & if so can anyone that's seeing it in person tell if it matches the glass below or the different type that's on the lantern itself?

TempleGuy1000 · #**8276** Posted **Apr 22, 2018, 11:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marcos

in those pictures it looks like they've started closing the gap on the last few floors of the spine, is that right & if so can anyone that's seeing it in person tell if it matches the glass below or the different type that's on the lantern itself?

Here is a little bit closer from earlier today. It does look like a slightly different color, at least from the vantage point I was at to the west.

PHL10 · #**8277** Posted **Apr 23, 2018, 12:11 PM**

The blue film removed from hotel section on the north side - sorry it's not a better picture.

gjrip · #**8278** Posted **Apr 23, 2018, 3:00 PM**

Vastly improves the surfacing/texturing. Looks less like a giant blue block and much more like the sleek tower that it is.

Knight Hospitaller · #**8279** Posted **Apr 23, 2018, 6:20 PM**

Besides the final portion of the spine being zipped up (I agree that the materials look a bit different), I noticed something interesting today concerning the part of the lantern that extends down to the point where the spine is not yet completed. It appeared that a thin bar of light (like a smaller version of what's being tested further up the lantern) was glowing. As I left town it wasn't on, but I thought I saw a fainter glow of a single bar a floor or two higher.

TK2001 · #**8280** Posted **Apr 23, 2018, 8:24 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh7ErnpFqy7/