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Floor area: 700,000+ square feet Quick fact: Harper Square will incorporate the exteriors of several prewar buildings into its lower floors. Floor Count. After clearing the Civic Design Review processin November 2016, the one-story structure on this site was quickly demolished to make way for an 18-story tower next to the Blue Horizon boxing venue on North Broad. Philadelphia skyline from Boathouse Row, 2019 (annotated version) Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to more than 300 completed high-rise buildings up to 330 feet (101 m), and 58 completed skyscrapers of 330 feet (101 m) or taller, of which 34 are 400 feet (122 m) or taller and are listed below. complementary tower will certainly make a statement for the company, and for December 2021, 1101 Chestnut Street, Market East, Center City, Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion rendering. Credit: Varenhorst, Height: 275 feet View renderings here. Developer: The Durst Organization Original image from Google Earth, edit by Thomas Koloski, 222-30 Walnut Street. Metropolitian Area Cities Camden Cherry Hill King of Prussia: Philadelphia: Floor area: 370,860 square feet Transit Terminal Tower. An influx of sleek, mixed-use, high-density developments and Primary use: Residential (18 condo units) Meanwhile, preliminary construction has started at the site, first with thedemolition of the Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home, but a groundbreaking isnt expected until 2019. Quick fact: The Freeman Condominiums proposed at 1810 Chestnut Street is an excellent example of urban-friendly adaptive reuse. Status: Expected completion date is early 2018. "Will the unintended consequences [of change] now drive out Exterior. Primary use: Office, laboratory I am aware on 3 of 5 buildings were built but they left the ugly dirt lot at the entrance. Photo by Jamie Meller. December 2021, 1101 Chestnut Street, Market East, Center City, Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion rendering. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, 2301 John F. Kennedy Boulevard site November 2020, revealing the Chinese Wall foundation. Primary use: Residential (185 rental units, 64 condo units) The second phase will bring the total to 18 stories and 540,000 square feet. Floor area: N/A (likely approx. Other Names. recreation on the water. Floors: 13 Height: 244 feet Delaware River waterfront, a vision Steinberg led at PennPraxis. Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Perhaps this is a carry-over from the building height controversy in the late 1980s. Editors note: This article was originally published in 2016 and has since been updated with the most recent information. Credit: Morris Adjmi Architects. The CHOP inpatient tower you have listed at 3401 Civic Center isnt replacing the main hospital as shown in your recent site picture. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Height: 470 feet the Comcast Innovation and Technology Center. will also feature a pedestrian concourse with restaurant space and access to CHOP Hub for Clinical Collaboration 3501 Civic Center Boulevard. The buildings defining it can be seen for miles and, therefore, become symbolic of However, it could have elements of Vancouver or the China skylines. Quick fact: The 23-story tower planned at 412 North 2nd Street, just to the north of Old City, will stand as the tallest building in Northern Liberties. Contractor: Clemens Construction Company The one-bedroom and two-bedroom units are now leasing with some ready for move-ins, with rents ranging from $1,725 to $3,595. Developers: National Real Estate Development, LLC, The KRE Group Developer: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia Floor area: 376,500 square feet We'll keep adding projects to the map, so drop us a line at philly@curbed.com or leave a comment if you know of another high-rise project that has broken ground. Architect: DAS Architecture and Planning Our Second Empire-style City Hall overlooks the nation's first International Style skyscraper. There will be 295 rooms under the W Hotel flag and 460 rooms under the Element by Westin. By August, the grand total rose 32. Quick fact: The 12+Sansom development will replace a multi-story garage, which has long squandered a valuable, centrally-located parcel, with a massive infusion of residential stock as well as 10,844 square feet of retail, which will further enliven the already-vibrant neighborhood. too good to be true. Floor area: over 300,000 square feet Most of the condos would span a full floor, 222-30 Walnut Street looking west. Build taller and bolder, height and beautiful architectural design are what attracks. Height: 328 feet December 2021. . Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story:The 13th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to Mural West in Poplar, Lower North Philadelphia. Credit: Varenhorst Architects, 619 North Broad Street. Photo by Jamie Meller. Plans call for 12,000 square feet of retail space, 15,000 square feet of office space, 144 mostly rental apartments and a 23-car garage. The Marketplace Design Center is currently under construction for a massive overhaul that will become thenew headquarters for Aramark(the iconic blue whale mural is now long gone). Of course, large-scale projects like this, and even the (eventual, Image via centercityphila.org, Height: 620 feet Why are most so horrifically fat and stubby? Now, imagine if the physical barrier (and eyesore) of I-95 were For a detailed review of the previous version, check out the following article. Credit: Handel Architects, 300 North Columbus Boulevard. The old Parker-Spruce Hotel is currently undergoing top-to-bottom renovations and will be converted into a Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott when all is said and done. The project is a $75 million venture that will bring 150 apartments to the site, as well as office, commercial, and retail space. It would mark a sort of return to a time where Philadelphians It involves a Frank Furness-designed brownstone that dates back to 1869. Bank Center and the Bell Atlantic Tower that sprang up in their wake recalled the At least 14 of the 26 high-rises currently under construction. Primary use: Medical Current status: Under construction (topped out). ADVERTISEMENT. Rendering of 1620 Sansom Street. It will be the first new building at uCity Square. Developers: Wexford Science & Technology, University City Science Center, Ventas Inc. skyline with one foot in the past and one in the future. Developer: PMC Property Group Floors: 19 Floor area: over 300,000 square feet Penn broke ground on its New Patient Pavilion in September 2016 and soon earned the title of the largest construction pour in Phillys history. completed by spring 2016. Suburban Station. for our food scene. Center City's skyline evolved over many decades and is the product of a 20th-century sensibility. shiny home here, others will too or at least, thats the idea. Floor area: 566,950 square feet The Ultimate 2022 Philly Skyline Rundown: Top 30 Tallest Buildings Under Construction and Proposed in Philadelphia Two Cathedral Square at 227 North 18th Street. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 113-21 South 19th Street. I tend to side with both models. Rendering credit: BLT Architects. December 2021. Floors: 29 December 2021. 1911 Walnut Street,Rittenhouse Square, Center City, The Laurel Rittenhouse at 1911 Walnut Street. December 2021, 311 South Broad Street,Washington Square West, Center City, Rendering of Arthaus. Photo by Jamie Meller. Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Philadelphia PA United States. one, at once marking its center and creating a backdrop for surrounding urban life. years from being implemented. Developer: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia The second phase includes the construction of an annex, which will add 10,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, and up to 80 residential units. City. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 3001 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,University City, West Philadelphia, 3001 John F. Kennedy Boulevard (center) via Brandywine Realty Trust and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, Height: 513 feet Model by Thomas Koloski. It took awhile for construction to start since the demolition of the historic theater, but a recent visit shows that the core is currently being dug out. . Height 365.8 m / 1,200 ft. Floors 85. studios are designed for a dynamic way of working an engine for the citys Current status: Under construction (excavation underway), Featured story: The 11th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to One Dock Street in Society Hill, Old City. Primary use: Residential (215 units) As long as we focus on Architect: SLCE Architects Primary use: Residential (380 units) Developed by Brandywine Realty Trust and designed (mostly) by Pelli Clarke Pelli . Primary use: Residential (397 units) Low- and mid-rise projects, the type that will provide much-needed housing units by the thousands, comprise the bulk of new development. Height: 240 feet Design plansFoster+Partners is the architectcleared the Civic Design Review in late 2016. Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion at East Market Phase 3. Credit: National Real Estate Development, East Market Phase 3. Credit: National Real Estate Development, 1101 Chestnut Street. and right into the water on a sunny day. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Featured story: The 14th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to Riverwalk South, a 362-Foot-Tall, 32-story high-rise under construction at 60 North 23rd Street in Center City West. Quick fact: The development proposed at 300 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard will rise on the Delaware River waterfront, near the border between Northern Liberties to the north and Old City to the south. the city has instigated some property tax reform to aid homeowners, renters Height: 366 feet Current status: Proposed (site cleared, permits issued), Featured story: The 10th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 204 South 12th Street in Midtown Village, Center City. Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group 3001 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Primary use: Residential (85 units) One Dock Street (1 Dock Street). Floors: 28 Floors: 28 Floors: 23 Developer: LCOR Incorporated Architect: Gensler Primary use: Commercial, laboratory, residential For Harris Steinberg, the former founding director of PennPraxis, the University of Pennsylvania's applied research arm, and the current executive To avoid covering too much familiar ground, we added new features to each entry, such as quick facts, featured stories, project contractors (when applicable), and extra photos and renderings, some of which YIMBY has not yet shared before. Schuylkill Yards Tower I. Philadelphia PA United States. Let us be the City that Manhattan can only wish it could have been. The Laurel Rittenhouse. Quick fact: Arguably the most avant-garde high-rise currently on the drawing boards in Philadelphia, 21M combines 477,695 square feet on the large upper floors with 145,066 square feet of residential space on the smaller, column-like lower floors. certainly change Phillys identity as an urban jungle. 1441 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Rendering by Cope Linder Architects SLS International Hotel & Residences 566 feet Dranoff Properties and SBE Entertainment Group are behind this proposed. Primary use: Residential (399 rental units) 1301 Market Street. Can there be someone responsible for the designs of building we allow built in this city. Our Georgian 18th century rowhomes are flanked by Brutalist 20th century towers. Current status: Proposed, Featured story: Progress still stalled at 20th + Arch, 15-story office tower planned at 2000-24 Arch Street in Center City West. helping the whole city rise together, we should feel like it, too. Rendering credit: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, 3025 JFK Boulevard Rendering via Brandywine Realty. The one-two punch of a second, Contractor: INTECH Construction Construction came to a standstill in 2017 when hundreds of coffins were unearthed, but the 116-unit building is now on the rise. December 2021. Developer: LCOR Incorporated After 40 years of abandonment, the return of the iconicBeury buildingon North Broad is imminent, with remediation work currently underway. I think that, . Architects: Ennead Architects, Stantec mixed-use and could become home to everything from an outdoor concert area to The tower topped off in late 2017, and when all is said and done in 2018 it will feature 240 residential units geared toward young professionals and families, amassive Wawa,City Fitness, andIron Hill Brewery. This photo of the PSFS Building was included in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's press release for the exhibition that just opened called Skyscrapers: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs of the Early Twentieth Century. Photo by Thomas Koloski, CHOP Hub for Clinical Collaboration 3501 Civic Center Boulevard. in and out each day. 1911 Walnut, developed by Southern Land Company and designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz Architecture, will be 47 stories tall with no more than 335 units, some of which will includemixed-income housing. 1700 Market is a high-rise building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Quick fact: 204 South 12th Street will stand as one of the citys tallest residential buildings east of City Hall. December 2021. 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard. Current status: Proposed (site cleared, awaiting permits), Featured story:The 5th place on Philly YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 3001 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in University City, West Philadelphia. Incidentally, high-rise buildings allow to fit the same amount of density into smaller plots of land, thus allowing for preservation of adjacent prewar buildings that would otherwise be demolished for a mid- or low-rise building with the same square footage. Philadelphia skyline from South Street Bridge. In Philly, a high-rise means any building that is at least 75-feet tall. Rendering of 412 North 2nd Street. Credit: BLT Architects. It was the former headquarters of the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company. Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Height: 599 feet After the design proposal cleared the Civic Design Reviewin November 2016, construction crews quickly got to work over at the site of Lincoln Square, a 130-foot-tall mixed-use development that will include a historic train shed-turned-grocery store and 322 apartments. A database of world skyscrapers. Architect: Cecil Baker + Partners Architects December 2021, 222-30 Walnut Street. citys global image. Status: The first tower is expected to finish construction in August 2018. Primary use: Residential (360 units) Is Dock Street going to start growing up with steel? The building stands at 430 feet (131 meters) with 32 floors, and was completed in 1968. Photo by Thomas Koloski, Height: 250 feet YIMBY News delivers the days top new development stories to your inbox every weekday morning. Rendering of 12 + Sansom. Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Quick fact: Riverwalk South is part of the two-tower Riverwalk development, located on the Schuylkill River waterfront. It is currently tied with Two Logan Square as the 20th-tallest building in Philadelphia. In recent weeks, we published several compilations, such as the December 2021 Development Countdown and two lists tallying up the current tallest under-construction and proposed projects. Photo by Thomas Koloski, 709 Chestnut Street (aka 709-13 Chestnut Street). Developer: Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University Credit: Goodman Properties, Height: approx. The architectural landscape of the park will definitely be Primary use: Office Credit: Atkin Olshin Scade Architects, Mural West site plan. Status: Original winter 2018 completion date, According to the hotel's official website, Comcast Innovation and Technology Center, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 1101 Cecil B. Moore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19122, 3600 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, largest construction pour in Phillys history, 3203 Convention Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, demolition of the Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home. Shift Capitals plans to revive the building call for 62 one-bedroom units and commercial space built out during the first phase. ga('send', 'event', 'Compass Ryan', 'Impression', 'https://phillyyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/YIMBY-ad3_revised2.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'PECO', 'Impression', 'https://phillyyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PECO-Website-Ad.png', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'PGW Energy', 'Impression', 'https://phillyyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PGW-ad-boilers2021.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'PHILLY YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://phillyyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/phillyyimbynewsad.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'Provident', 'Impression', 'https://phillyyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/28266prv-2021-CRE-Christine-Yimby-Web-Banner-Commitment-Deserve-336x280-1.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); Current status: Under construction, 1101 Chestnut Street. We're attracting A-list attention to conferences for up-and-comersandbeing praised Developer: Toll Brothers "Thats going to be the image," Steinberg said. December 2021. Architect: Edry McHenry Architects Developer: Oliver Tyrone Pulver Corporation Floors: 28 This city is losing its character. Architects: Ennead Architects, Stantec Status: Demolition complete, groundbreaking in 2019. Please can someone take over the design committee and force these developers to step up their designs? Primary use: Residential (108 condo units) Quick fact: Arthaus is set to become Philadelphias second-tallest residential building (after The Laurel Rittenhouse) and the citys tallest all-condo skyscraper. 33 North 22nd Street. it shows a possibility for future growth with the multiple high-rises and mid-rises. Featuring coverage of the world's projects, there are topics that will appeal to the skyscraper enthusiast in everyone. message is clear. Quick fact: Two Cathedral Square is part of Cathedral Square, a redevelopment master plan for the block-sized archdiocesan campus centered on the historic Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Status: Some apartments move-in ready amid ongoing construction. Philly is one of the most dangerous, dirtiest, and homeless cities in the world but they care more about building ugly buildings. Quick fact: The development at 702 Sansom Street controversially replaces a series of ornate prewar buildings along Center Citys storied Jewelers Row. The current skyscrapers of Philadelphia are protesting these new structures by keeping the lights out in their buildings at night to take . big game in town. Primary use: Medical The Alexander, a Robert A.M. Stern- and BLT Architect-designed tower, is the newest residential project to debut in Logan Square. Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group Floor area: 329,100 square feet Current status: Under construction (topped out), The Laurel Rittenhouse from John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard looking northwest. Model By Thomas Koloski, 33 North 22nd Street. The residential project is the second and final phase of Goldenberg Groups master plan to redevelop a 4.6-acre site at 1101 Cecil B. Moore Avenue that was formerly the John Wanamaker High School. Quick fact: 1301 Market Street will be the tallest office building to be constructed east of City Hall in 90 years, since the 491-foot-tall PSFS Building (now the Lowes Philadelphia Hotel) became the nations first major International Style skyscraper in 1932. Arthaus at 311 South Broad Street. 619 North Broad Street. Floors: 21 Floor area: 700,000 square feet (450,000 office, 250,000 residential) buildings remain shorter than City Hall kept ourspretty 3401 Civic Center Boulevard. Comcast Center, Cira Centre, Symphony House, 10 Rittenhouse are amazing projects for the future of Philadelphia. Current status: Under construction (topped out), Subscribe to YIMBYs daily e-mail and Winterfest, the DRWC knows what kind of space the public enjoys and that Credit: Perkins+Will, 3501 Civic Center Boulevard, University City, West Philadelphia, Height: 377 feet Developer: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia It seems like the Philly skyline changes almost daily, with plenty of cranes rising and towers topping out. We continue its crown jewel and keystone, a riverside Penn's Landing Park. Architect: Perkins+Will Take a peek insidesome of the finished units here. Architect: Varenhorst Architect: BLT Architects 42 Developers: Wexford Science & Technology, University City Science Center, Ventas Inc. This was the skyscraper that sparked a new wave of. Photo by Jamie Meller, Height: 295 feet poverty if it is to succeed as a truly modern international city. Floors: 28 Developer: EQT Exeter, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Primary use: Office, Residential Developer: Precision Realty Group However, there is merit to taller, and skinnier buildings which allow for more streetscape activities, like parks or public squares that can add to the beauty at the street level. Given the number of new permits issued last year, Philadelphia appears on track for a record volume of construction this year. Floors: 18 Floors: 20 Primary use: Residential This mosaic of styles at once reinforces history and exudes elegance, commands obedience yet exemplifies innovation, makes us glance skyward but keep our feet on the ground. The 322 apartments are now leasing. Looking northeast. Our population is slowly growing after a post-industrial Skyscraper (roller coaster) South Bay Tower. 1301 Market Street. December 2021. With the company's trio of skyscrapers on the Schuylkill waterfront Cira, Evo, and FMC Brandywine has virtually made glass the official material of Philadelphia's 21st century skyline. Current status: Proposed (tentative; exact status unknown), Featured story:Conceptual renderings revealed for a 42-story tower at 1826 Chestnut Street in Rittenhouse Square, Center City. Credit: BLT Architects, One Dock Street site. South Station Tower. December 2021, 1911 Walnut Street,Rittenhouse Square, Center City, The Laurel Rittenhouse at 1911 Walnut Street. Essentially, it's "if you build it, they will come," but Credit: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Height: 340 feet It would have had a similar skyline to San Francisco. With construction nearing its end, the Umbrellas website says it is leasing for spring 2018. 2901 Arch Street, Transit Terminal Tower, 30th Street Station District. floors 6 to 23 would be residential, with a mix of one and two . Developer: Southern Land Company Aubrey Nagle Current status: Proposed (design, marketing stage), Featured story:Philly YIMBY looks at Two Cathedral Square, 470-foot-tall office and residential tower planned at 227 North 18th Street in Logan Square, Center City. Primary use: Residential (185 rental units, 64 condo units) Quick fact: One uCity Square is part of the greater mixed-useuCity Square development, which will feature 10.5 million square feet within 15 existing and 10 newly-constructed buildings. Page 23- PHILADELPHIA | Lowrise/General Developments Thread II General Development . Primary use: Residential (272 rental units) Density. Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story: The 20th place on Philadelphia YIMBYs December Countdown goes to 27-story tower planned at 709-13 Chestnut Street in Market East, Center City. As such, before it received its official name, YIMBY articles referred to the building as Cathedral Place Phase One. Other names the building has commonly been known as, including former names, common informal names, local names, etc. Photo by Jamie Meller, 523 North Broad Street, Poplar, North Philadelphia, Mural West rendering via Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, Height: 363 feet Current status: Under construction, Featured story:28-story tower ready to rise at 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in University City, West Philadelphia. In my younger years, I wanted Philly to be a miniature NYC, but that is not tenable. Philadelphia - The Skyscraper Center Philadelphia Bruce Emmerling Facts Population 5,441,567 (2010) Area 1,800 km 695 mi Density 3,023.1 people per km 7,829.8 people per mi First 150m+ Building Philadelphia City Hall (1901) Tallest Building Comcast Technology Center (339 m) Rankings by no. The current legal building name. Contractors: LF Driscoll, Hunter Roberts Construction Group 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Photo by Thomas Koloski, Site of 730 Schuylkill Avenue. Floor area: 267,874 square feet Good Job! Developer: Goodman Properties (presumed) that set both feet firmly in the new millennium. will follow. Primary use: Medical As of 2019, the tallest building in the city is the 60-story . It is replacing the Wood Building behind the main hospital in Osler Circle. Architect: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Developer: Parkway Corporation Architect: Cecil Baker + Partners 3025 John F. Kennedy Boulevard looking northwest. Official Name. PMC Property purchased 24-story One Franklin Plaza in 2015 for $43 million. Developer: Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University Floor area: 389,000 square feet Primary use: Office Residents began moving in on January 1, 2017, and the main lobby just debuted its makeover in September. CTBUH Philadelphia Presents: Vertical Regeneration: Future Tall Buildings and Urban Density. SkyRise Miami. 123 South 12th Street. Architect: Practice for Architecture and Urbanism The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center certainly cuts a striking figure. Architect: ZGF Architects The structure will rise between the Art Deco-Near Eastern-styled Congregation Rodeph Shalom synagogue, which houses the oldest Ashkenazic synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, and a 19th century stable building that was recently rebuilt as a residential condominium. Primary use: Residential (273 condo units) Whereas many Primary use: Medical Your email address will not be published. Upon completion, the project will feature a total of 711 residential units (380 units in the south tower and 331 units in the north tower), as well as a retail component that will include a GIANT-brand supermarket. This $150 million,two-phase, by-right projectwill bring a whopping 600 apartments to the Logan Square neighborhood. Developer: PMC Property Group 702 Sansom Street site looking north. waterfront, is something theyve been trying to do for 30, 40 years now," Follow YIMBYs Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews. Credit: L2P, Height: 260 feet mirrors a resurgence of development on the other side of the Schuylkill, complete with its own new skyscraper. S. Sandhurst Las Vegas. Our Art Deco-inspired skyline now competes with modern pedestrian parks and plazas. Floors: 19 250,000 to 275,000 square feet) Status: Construction is expected to wrap up in August 2018. Primary use: Residential (287 units) Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story: Philadelphia YIMBYs annual development countdown starts with 242-foot-tall, 18-story condo tower planned at 222-30 Walnut Street in Society Hill, Center City, Quick fact: The proposal at 222-30 Walnut Street (also known as 222 Walnut Street) would integrate a condominium tower with a group of low-rise buildings constructed between 1856 and 1950, preserving the front portions of the prewar structures facing Walnut Street and demolishing the postwar addition facing Thomas Paine Place. Status:Under construction with an anticipated Fall 2018 completion. Current status: Proposed (no permits issued), Featured story: Site awaits construction of 18-story building at 619 North Broad Street in Poplar, Lower North Philadelphia. Ittopped off one year later. The FMC wasnt a bad start though! skyline, too. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill diverse, less innovative, competitive city?" 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