PHILADELPHIA | EVO @ Cira Centre South | 407 FT | 33 FLRS | U/C - Page 35

Philly Fan · #**681** Posted **Mar 28, 2013, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lincolndrive

http://buildingphilly.com/cira-south...ve-march-27th/

From yesterday and a new top down view.

Terrific! Thanks!

And several ads clicked.

shakman · #**682** Posted **Mar 28, 2013, 4:25 PM**

I have requested this thread to be moved to the "under construction" sub-forum.

MusicMan84 · #**683** Posted **Mar 29, 2013, 8:08 PM**

A few pics from today:

Philly Fan · #**684** Posted **Mar 29, 2013, 8:34 PM**

^ Nothing like a little rebar for your concrete! Of course, these piers will be supporting 30-plus stories.

Lincolndrive · #**685** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 7:56 PM**

Not a huge amount to report but she's coming along.

http://buildingphilly.com/cira-south...ove-april-7th/

summersm343 · #**686** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 8:57 PM**

Very nice.

Thanks for updates. Can't wait until this is at street level.

summersm343 · #**687** Posted **Apr 15, 2013, 6:36 PM**

Update from Lincolndrive here:
http://buildingphilly.com/cira-south...ve-april-14th/

summersm343 · #**688** Posted **Apr 18, 2013, 5:50 PM**

Update from Lincolndrive:

More images here:
http://buildingphilly.com/the-grove-...th-april-17th/

hammersklavier · #**689** Posted **Apr 19, 2013, 1:41 AM**

These updates are gonna be kinda boring until they're finished with the caissons and can put some steel on 'em.

BTW, usually when you dig caissons (or drill piles) you go down to bedrock to assure solid structural footing. Does anybody know how far down they've got to go by the river here?

summersm343 · #**690** Posted **Apr 29, 2013, 5:26 PM**

Some fancy renderings:

http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/04/e...at-cira-south/

miesian · #**691** Posted **Apr 29, 2013, 11:03 PM**

These new renderings look WAAY better than the early ones. This could be nice.

Philly Fan · #**692** Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 2:18 AM**

The top two renderings reveal how much that garage could really use some appropriate cladding, although there doesn't appear to be any anticipated (at least based on the renderings).

Kidphilly · #**693** Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 10:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

The top two renderings reveal how much that garage could really use some appropriate cladding, although there doesn't appear to be any anticipated (at least based on the renderings).

seconded. Would love either something green or maybe some banner announcing U City But even some form of cladding would be nice this will be highly visible

Philly Fan · #**694** Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 1:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kidphilly

seconded. Would love either something green or maybe some banner announcing U City But even some form of cladding would be nice this will be highly visible

Otherwise, it looks like a giant parking garage with a kinda neat looking little tower attached at one end. Of course, the addition of the much larger Walnut St. tower will signficantly alter the relative proportions, but still, it needs to be clad to avoid being an eyesore in that setting, IMHO. Perhaps they're waiting until the Walnut tower phase to add cladding (hopefully).

MusicMan84 · #**695** Posted **Apr 30, 2013, 10:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Otherwise, it looks like a giant parking garage with a kinda neat looking little tower attached at one end. Of course, the addition of the much larger Walnut St. tower will signficantly alter the relative proportions, but still, it needs to be clad to avoid being an eyesore in that setting, IMHO. Perhaps they're waiting until the Walnut tower phase to add cladding (hopefully).

I wouldn't hold your breath for cladding, and I've seen far uglier garages. I don't think this one is too bad.

Philly Fan · #**696** Posted **May 1, 2013, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by MusicMan84

I wouldn't hold your breath for cladding, and I've seen far uglier garages. I don't think this one is too bad.

I still think, as I said in an earlier post somewhere, that it looks like it was designed and built to receive some sort of cladding--note the raised "rails" between floors. And it would make sense that they'd want to have a final design of the Walnut tower in hand before designing or finalizing the garage cladding.

It's just too prominent of a location, and will be too large of a garage with the planned additional stories, to remain with the open, exposed garage decks it currently has. There certainly are other examples of recently built garages in the city that have some sort of screening or cladding to hide the open garage decks.