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Originally Posted by JohnIII
I completely agree; since the Great Recession Philadelphia has been on fire. As a matter of fact I'll add some perspective to it that goes back a bit further.
In just 30 years the Philadelphia skyline has grown so much and you can really appreciate it; its dramatic. If you built a tower that was 300' to 400' before 1990 and certainly 500' you were talking about a building that was ground breaking for Philadelphia. For example I remember sitting at the Belmont Plateau and seeing them build the first tower at Commerce Square and drawling it; us skyscraper loves didn't have computers then unless you worked in an architecture firm and that building stood out remarkably at over 560'; now well it depends on where you are in the city; you may see it but you may not.
Thy skyline has grown up so dramatically now that Philadelphia is now one of the few American cities where you can build a building close to 40 stories and its no longer a unique event.
I love it; I love seeign this city rise to the occasion and I hope we get way more buildings between 400'-1100'
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I'd love to see that drawing!!
But here's a picture of exactly what you're talking about