PHILADELPHIA | Penn Medicine New Patient Pavilion | 343 FT | 17 FLOORS - Page 6

1487 · #**101** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 1:22 PM**

that's a serious crane there....

Arch+Eng · #**102** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1487

that's a serious crane there....

That crane is super cereal

Milksteak · #**103** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Arch+Eng

That crane is super cereal

I heard Manbearpig is actually doing the demo.

Jawnadelphia · #**104** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Milksteak

I heard Manbearpig is actually doing the demo.

EXCELSIOR!!!

So are the page 1 renderings the real deal, or are we still waiting to see?

summersm343 · #**105** Posted **Mar 15, 2016, 12:50 AM**

3/14/16 - demo update

PhilliesPhan · #**106** Posted **Mar 22, 2016, 4:59 AM**

summersm343 · #**107** Posted **Apr 14, 2016, 3:55 PM**

Update from Naked Philly

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-phill...ing-penn-tower

summersm343 · #**108** Posted **Apr 19, 2016, 3:51 AM**

4/18/16 - Penn Tower demo update

christof · #**109** Posted **Apr 25, 2016, 3:12 PM**

This is a slow motion demolition.

kingtut · #**110** Posted **Apr 25, 2016, 3:16 PM**

It's more like deconstruction .

Philly Fan · #**111** Posted **Apr 25, 2016, 3:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by christof

This is a slow motion demolition.

Yep. They're doing it this way because of the museum next door. Don't want to risk waking up any of the mummies, or turning them into dust!

You may have seen this before, but here's a DP article about the extensive precautions being taken during the current demolition and future construction next door:

Sensors help protect Penn Museum artifacts during Penn Tower demolition

summersm343 · #**112** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 6:11 PM**

New rendering?

https://www.vhb.com/Lists/VHB%20News...rm.aspx?ID=294

skyscraper · #**113** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by summersm343

New rendering?

https://www.vhb.com/Lists/VHB%20News...rm.aspx?ID=294

these three buildings (new penn hospital, perelman center, and the curvy CHOP building) look like docked ships.

Human Scale · #**114** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 7:52 PM**

^more modern and sterile. The original rendering on page 1 was organic. Cost savings? Less large glass panels, especially at the lobby...

Maybe cost savings because they added more floors?

jjv007 · #**115** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 9:32 PM**

If it is a change, I liked the original design much better.

iheartphilly · #**116** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by jjv007

If it is a change, I liked the original design much better.

The shape of the bldg is pretty much the same. Can't believe the $1.5 billion price tag only gets this design. This should be a trophy building in Penn's medical campus.

allovertown · #**117** Posted **Apr 28, 2016, 10:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by iheartphilly

The shape of the bldg is pretty much the same. Can't believe the $1.5 billion price tag only gets this design. This should be a trophy building in Penn's medical campus.

It's a hospital, the 1.5 billion is more about what's going inside the building than the architecture. I do agree though that this is lackluster regardless of the price tag.

ajaxean · #**118** Posted **May 3, 2016, 3:46 AM**

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MikeNigh · #**119** Posted **May 3, 2016, 3:56 AM**

particularly with the beige color it looks like serious shit.

Knight Hospitaller · #**120** Posted **May 3, 2016, 4:10 AM**

I agree. It stinks. It retains the shape of the original rendering, but that's it. I wouldn't want my name on it at this point, if I were m'Lord the Architect.