Center City Philly vs Downtown Chicago (living, best, state, better)
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thats a nice looking 1500ft glass building. i thought it would add very nicely to philly skyline as their tallest. but since its not meant to be or who knows, do you think it would be nicer to have maybe 3-4 50-60 story buildings all the same or similar in height to the comcast center? thoughts?
thats a nice looking 1500ft glass building. i thought it would add very nicely to philly skyline as their tallest. but since its not meant to be or who knows, do you think it would be nicer to have maybe 3-4 50-60 story buildings all the same or similar in height to the comcast center? thoughts?
3-4 950-1000ft tall buildings will trump one 1500ft building any day in my book. I'd love to see several more buildings comparable in height to the Comcast Center or Liberty 1, as long as they are ascetically pleasing.
Well the New W appears to be in the 740-790 ft range
Big news for Philly, in Chicago this would not stand out as much
Agreed. A 770 ft building here would only place 14th or 15th on the tallest buildings list in chicago. (Spots 14-19 are buildings from 730ft to 784ft.) Below, this is a better photo of what i was trying to say in my above posts. Imagine Philly with a 1 sq mile area of nothing but high rise condos all at least 50 stories or 500 ft, of varying heights. Connect it with SEPTA not only just to center and university city but the rest of philly too so someone could live downtown and work anywhere they want. Im certain if this happenned it would grow downtown philly. Just like what originally happenned with NYC ( didnt have a choice - built on islands) - and chi-town when the chicago fire of 1871 reduced most of downtown to ashes. But then something happenned. The emerging food/tourism/nightlife clubs and dancing/theater and entertainment made living close to or in downtown the place to be. So streeterville/river east and river north real estate responded with dozens of new high rise condos.
But lets admit something real. Concentrated recreation or or entertainment thrives on customer traffic. An entertainment district without a close concentrated population with easy walkable access would be ill-advised to operate their buisnesses away from customers. Again real talk - when people party, they want food right away and don't wanna have to waste money on parking. They want to stay close and merry with their friends or dates, while they walk around establishment to establishment... Common sense right? And so the demand was answered. The old saying "if you build it they will come", is the truth.
Id like to dispell the myth downtown chicago is dead at night. They came to eat drink and be entertained. Easy to catch a theater show,a flick, play, a drink or go out on a date and take a walk. There is more than enough to see. This is Gibsons on Rush st. Part of river north nightlife entertainment district. - Theres more places up and down the st.
What seperates the biggest and best downtowns in USA besides building height and style of architecture is more than just a CBD and only a single cluster of office buildings. A city that best shows the work/play/shop/entertainment/higher learning typically has a central skyline supported or contributed to by other surrounding clusters and communities interweaving forming the fabric and energy that makes each city undeniably unique.
Sorry if my responses are huge. found this image somewhere on google. not my pic. you are looking east into lake michigan down Ontario st canyon, right through river north/streeterville. Expressway to the lower right is inbound ohio st entrance from inbound i-90 kennedy. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/IMAG0460.jpg
Well the New W appears to be in the 740-790 ft range
Big news for Philly, in Chicago this would not stand out as much
isn't the W in Philly confirmed at ~580ft? or am I thinking of another tower?
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