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The 2010s have been amazing, almost unprecedented, for Philly's skyline.
The biggest change to our skyline is the 1121' Comcast Technology Center. Comcast built a new tallest tower in 2008, and did it all over again with this monster of a tower. Now that it is complete, we have joined the supertall club. Not only is CTC the tallest building in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, but it is also the tallest building outside of NYC and Chicago.
Our skyline has also expanded in all directions. Several sections of the city made off with a new tallest building, including South Philly (CHOP Tower), West Philly (FMC Tower), and North Philly (1324 N. Broad, aka The Nest). Going forward, both North and West Philly will likely see newly-crowned tallest buildings in the 2020s: several towers are slated to rise along North Broad Street, and Schuylkill Yards will eventually throw West Philly into the supertall game.
While Philly's skyline didn't change the most relative to its peers, it does look much different than it did in 2010.
The 2010s have been amazing, almost unprecedented, for Philly's skyline.
The biggest change to our skyline is the 1121' Comcast Technology Center. Comcast built a new tallest tower in 2008, and did it all over again with this monster of a tower. Now that it is complete, we have joined the supertall club. Not only is CTC the tallest building in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, but it is also the tallest building outside of NYC and Chicago.
Our skyline has also expanded in all directions. Several sections of the city made off with a new tallest building, including South Philly (CHOP Tower), West Philly (FMC Tower), and North Philly (1324 N. Broad, aka The Nest). Going forward, both North and West Philly will likely see newly-crowned tallest buildings in the 2020s: several towers are slated to rise along North Broad Street, and Schuylkill Yards will eventually throw West Philly into the supertall game.
While Philly's skyline didn't change the most relative to its peers, it does look much different than it did in 2010.
Very true and I can't believe how ignored Phllly was in this thread.
These are screen shots from the Space Needle Panocam, unfortunately it only goes back to 2015. Top is fall 2015, bottom is as of a couple weeks ago. I don't think it's unrecognizable change but definitely a lot if filling in / bulking up of the skyline and WAY fewer parking lots. In fact, there are almost no sizable lots left.
This is fantastic infill--wow. Huge density over to the left of the latest shot.
I'd love to see a similar shot for LA, Miami, Nashville, Austin and NYC.
There's a tremendous opportunity for Dallas since it has the most available land of any CBD in the U.S. The city essentially added another business district adjacent to its CBD, but the real attention-grabber should be its infill development.
The CBD renovated virtually all of its vacant structures and this will pave the way for new commercial development. Work is still in-progress for neighborhoods next to downtown.
This is fantastic infill--wow. Huge density over to the left of the latest shot.
I'd love to see a similar shot for LA, Miami, Nashville, Austin and NYC.
Yes, impressive.
Interesting though that Los Angeles has more skyscrapers (seven over 500 feet completed this year, compared to one for Seattle) downtown than Seattle has in the whole city, including an 1100 footer that was built in 2016 which set a world record for its foundation. Not easy building supertalls in a seismic zone, yet L.A. just keeps building right past other cities that have ideal conditions.
An 1108 and 975 footer are also in the latter stages of approval for DTLA, hard to imagine them not getting built the way things are going.
Interesting though that Los Angeles has more skyscrapers (seven over 500 feet completed this year, compared to one for Seattle) downtown than Seattle has in the whole city, including an 1100 footer that was built in 2016 which set a world record for its foundation. Not easy building supertalls in a seismic zone, yet L.A. just keeps building right past other cities that have ideal conditions.
An 1108 and 975 footer are also in the latter stages of approval for DTLA, hard to imagine them not getting built the way things are going.
Don't forget Chicago's building super-talls and near. One super-tall topped off nearing completion early next year. At least one under construction and a few just shy of the official mark. Of course. More in the pipeline. Seems inevitable unless the economy dives.
I don't think I need to post the examples ...... True no earthquake zone it's in. But its core outward doesn't need to be in a booming sunbelt zone or the mild no real winter Northwest coastal areas. It still has a IT FACTOR..... Most is centered on Sunbelt cities. But some legacy cities still stand out too.
This is fantastic infill--wow. Huge density over to the left of the latest shot.
I'd love to see a similar shot for LA, Miami, Nashville, Austin and NYC.
Downtown Austin has an 848ft, and four 500ft towers under development, with 19 others at 150-499ft. Many more are proposed from 200-708ft. Here are two photos of Austin, one in 2003. and one in 2019:
Interesting though that Los Angeles has more skyscrapers (seven over 500 feet completed this year, compared to one for Seattle) downtown than Seattle has in the whole city, including an 1100 footer that was built in 2016 which set a world record for its foundation. Not easy building supertalls in a seismic zone, yet L.A. just keeps building right past other cities that have ideal conditions.
An 1108 and 975 footer are also in the latter stages of approval for DTLA, hard to imagine them not getting built the way things are going.
Much of Seattle's construction is in areas limited to 440 feet, recently upped to 484 feet. These are mostly northern fringes next to the CBD. So far, 27 towers at this height have broken ground in the current boom in greater Downtown. Another 8 have started over 500'.
Comparing DTLA to the Seattle equivalent, DTLA isn't terribly far behind on housing growth, but it's tiny compared to DTS' office growth.
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But its core outward doesn't need to be in a booming sunbelt zone or the mild no real winter Northwest coastal areas. It still has a IT FACTOR..... Most is centered on Sunbelt cities. But some legacy cities still stand out too. 
