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In 1970, Philadelphia considered holding a bicentennial exposition over the rail yards, and the area was also considered for the Pennsylvania Convention Center. [2] In 1985 an office, hotel and shopping complex was proposed by real estate developer Gerald D. Hines, and in 1992 an idea for a stadium was again proposed for the site.
FMC Tower is a 49-story, 861,000-square-foot mixed-use tower consisting of 622,000 square feet of office space, 268 residential units and suites, and 10,000 square feet of retail space. [ 4 ] It is the tallest building in University City and the 7th tallest building in the city of Philadelphia.
The building contains two hotels, the Element Philadelphia, a brand by Westin Hotels, and the W Philadelphia, a brand of W Hotels, both of which are subsidiaries of Marriot International. At 617 ft (188 m), it is the 9th-tallest building in Philadelphia, and 12th-tallest building in Pennsylvania, as well as the tallest hotel in Philadelphia. [1]
Alamy By Herb Weisbaum It's one of the million little things you need to do when you move -- contact the postal service to change your mailing address. Here's where the problem can occur: Many ...
The office tower would have stood on the 19th Street side of Arch Street, and been connected to a 473 ft (144 m), 26-story hotel tower and public plaza along the 18th Street side of the block. [1] The connection would have consisted of a multi-story skybridge [ 3 ] with a garden on top.
Tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1970s [60] [61] 27: The St. James: 498 / 152: 45: 2004: Philadelphia: Tallest building located east of Broad Street [62] [63] When constructed in 2003, the St. James was the tallest apartment building in Philadelphia. [64] 28: Loews Philadelphia Hotel: 492 / 150: 36: 1932: Philadelphia
The hotel tower, at 402 N. High St., next to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, is 28 stories and 361 feet tall. The tower opened in October 2022. When paired with its sister building across ...
Designed by the Philadelphia Fire Department, the memorial is located by the building's entrance and contains the firefighters' names on plaques. [17] [21] The Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron says the glass skyscraper is a "shocking" contrast next to the white marble of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Saffron said she liked the ...