PHILADELPHIA | 2222 Market Street| 282 FT | 20 FLOORS - Page 12

cardeza · #**221** Posted **May 4, 2021, 1:01 AM**

been a while since so many cranes were up at once, not quite late 2000s but getting closer.

arkitect13 · #**222** Posted **May 4, 2021, 4:03 AM**

We have what? 6-7 in center city and 2-3 in U-City right? With 2-3 more join sometime this year! Being the overbuild next door, the Schyuykill yards tower and 20th and Arch street. SO if timed right we could have up to 13 cranes at once! (not counting those outside U-city and center city)

summersm343 · #**223** Posted **May 4, 2021, 2:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by arkitect13

We have what? 6-7 in center city and 2-3 in U-City right? With 2-3 more join sometime this year! Being the overbuild next door, the Schyuykill yards tower and 20th and Arch street. SO if timed right we could have up to 13 cranes at once! (not counting those outside U-city and center city)

I count at least 15 tower cranes up right now at this very moment.

The Laurel - 1
2222 Market - 1
Broad & Spring Garden - 2
River Walk - 1
Arthaus - 1
CHOP Hub for Clinical Collaboration - 3
East Market Phase 3 towers - 2
Piazza Terminal towers - 2
Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professionals - 2

Total tower cranes - 15

Plus we have the tower cranes going up for Cathedral Place Phase 1 tower and One uCity Square within the next couple of weeks.

thisisforreal · #**224** Posted **May 4, 2021, 2:32 PM**

Got this photo yesterday:

summersm343 · #**225** Posted **May 4, 2021, 2:57 PM**

^^Nice

TK2001 · #**226** Posted **May 6, 2021, 9:08 PM**

The crane is so tall it can be seen from the Museum of Art

TK2001 · #**227** Posted **May 10, 2021, 2:42 PM**

Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

Future Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

TK2001 · #**228** Posted **May 14, 2021, 2:30 AM**

The crane is also very visible from South Street Bridge, to the right of 2400 Chestnut

blart · #**229** Posted **May 19, 2021, 10:07 PM**

5/19-
with the Laurel behind, to the left

Knight Hospitaller · #**230** Posted **May 20, 2021, 4:29 PM**

My construction geek life will be complete when that PECO lot is developed (along with 8th and Market).

Nova08 · #**231** Posted **May 20, 2021, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

My construction geek life will be complete when that PECO lot is developed (along with 8th and Market).

The lot has been a parking lot for many decades. It was an oil storage facility going back 80-100 years so it very well may be a superfund site.

The view from 76 coming into the city is pretty cool with the cranes from Riverwalk, this project, and the Laurel all in a virtual line.

Redddog · #**232** Posted **May 20, 2021, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller

My construction geek life will be complete when that PECO lot is developed (along with 8th and Market).

Haha. +1

(Disney Hole and Market & 13th for me, If I'm being picky).

City Wide · #**233** Posted **May 20, 2021, 11:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nova08

The lot has been a parking lot for many decades. It was an oil storage facility going back 80-100 years so it very well may be a superfund site. ---------------

127 sites in Pa. 3 in Philly and this isn't one of them. Maybe it should be? Can anyone research and find out the owner? I bet its PECO, paying next to nothing on it tax wise

mcgrath618 · #**234** Posted **May 20, 2021, 11:25 PM**

It's not a Superfund site per se, but the northern half of the lot is indeed contaminated with PCBs and other materials used in older electrical transformers.

Nova08 · #**235** Posted **May 21, 2021, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

127 sites in Pa. 3 in Philly and this isn't one of them. Maybe it should be? Can anyone research and find out the owner? I bet its PECO, paying next to nothing on it tax wise

Thanks for the correction. This is a street atlas map from 1910 that shows Philadelphia Gas Works as the owner with what look to be two storage tanks of some sort.

Here is the site in 1949...as a parking lot.
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/44447

iamrobk · #**236** Posted **May 21, 2021, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by City Wide

127 sites in Pa. 3 in Philly and this isn't one of them. Maybe it should be? Can anyone research and find out the owner? I bet its PECO, paying next to nothing on it tax wise

Per Atlas, PECO is the owner. It looks like they do pay some property taxes (they currently have a ~$70k balance) but a lot of it is tax exempt.

summersm343 · #**237** Posted **May 25, 2021, 1:49 PM**

You can see the tower crane in this shot. This building will add some nice needed density to this part of the skyline.

https://phillyyimby.com/2021/05/phil...g-skyline.html

summersm343 · #**238** Posted **May 28, 2021, 2:12 PM**

Tower crane on the left:

Philadelphia skyline by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

summersm343 · #**239** Posted **Jun 7, 2021, 5:39 PM**

Tower crane on the right

https://phillyyimby.com/2021/06/rive...city-west.html

Mr. Franks · #**240** Posted **Jun 14, 2021, 1:38 PM**

I wasn't able to get a picture, but I rode into Center City on Saturday and there are steel beams well above ground level now. Hopefully it will keep rising a floor a week going forward as this is one of my favorite projects going up in Philly right now.