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I'll always be a cheerleader for NYC getting the tallest building, but I think LA would look amazing from 140 stories up ... despite the earthquake potential.
they do look a lot alike though weren't the Liberty towers built a few years prior in the 80s
everytime I see that building it always makes me think of the Liberty one and two towers.
Liberty Place I broke ground on May 13, 1985 and was finished by 1987. I don't remember when Liberty Place II opened. Maybe 1989 or 1990. As I recall the architect of both was from Chicago or at least his firm was there.
The guy who proposed the idea, of building a building taller than Philly's City Hall's tower, was Willard Rouse.
It was quite a battle to convince people about it but he finally won out. He died about 15 years ago. I don't think many people know, today, who he was. And it's impossible to imagine Philadelphia's skyline now without those towers.
Liberty Place I broke ground on May 13, 1985 and was finished by 1987. I don't remember when Liberty Place II opened. Maybe 1989 or 1990. As I recall the architect of both was from Chicago or at least his firm was there.
The guy who proposed the idea, of building a building taller than Philly's City Hall's tower, was Willard Rouse.
It was quite a battle to convince people about it but he finally won out. He died about 15 years ago. I don't think many people know, today, who he was. And it's impossible to imagine Philadelphia's skyline now without those towers.
I'm glad they went for the whole "allowing buildings to be taller than Billy Penn's hat".... I'm sorry, but that was kind of s stupid tradition to even uphold for so long. Today's skyline of Philly is quite nice because of their tall sky scrapers. I especially like the Liberty Place buildings as well as the Comcast building, which is quite a site to behold.... without those buildings Philly's skyline would be drab and lack that "va va voom" big city vibe IMO.
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I don't think Phillies's height limit till the 80s.... hurt its arrival and skyline? If anything..... it spared them some taller plain boxes? They got lower scale examples of in the 60s 70s. The timing of lifting it, was about right. Philly probably will not get Super-Tall luxury living high-rises soon? Like NYC, Chicago or Miami. But for offices/hotel and mixed use.... a Super-Tall yet could come?
I don't think Phillies's height limit till the 80s.... hurt its arrival and skyline? If anything..... it spared them some taller plain boxes? They got lower scale examples of in the 60s 70s. The timing of lifting it, was about right. Philly probably will not get Super-Tall luxury living high-rises soon? Like NYC, Chicago or Miami. But for offices/hotel and mixed use.... a Super-Tall yet could come?
a hotel/office not condos - will have a lounge similar to to the Hancock in Chicago on top (part of the new Four seasons) and outside facing glass elevators to the top floor - think will be the tallest such elevators in the US
there is a 780 foot office/condo and a 600 ft condo/hotel underway as well with the FMC and SLS
The new 580ft W went into construction this week (well really site prep for construction)
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I'd put it in a city with a weak skyline so that it would stick out more and give their skyline at least something for the world to appreciate.
In that case put it in Denver. It has a good base skyline to surround a supertall, unlike OKC where it looks out of place. Denver has a nice vibrant downtown but its downtown skyline hasn't had very much an update since the 80's.
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