Urban Revival: Skyscrapers

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

City Lights

Props to the Web Urbanist Blog for the collection of shots.

Tokyo, Japan

Moscow, Russia

New York, USA

London, England

Beijing, China

Athens, Greece

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Unfamiliar Skyline Series...Cities of the Phillipines & Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Quezon City, Philippines

Manila City, Philippines

Davao City, Philippines

Surabaya, Indonesia

Monday, April 7, 2008

Unfamiliar Skyline Series...Central America

Panama City, Panama
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Panama City, Panama

San Jose, Costa Rica

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Acapulco, Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Proposed Philly Skyscraper would be taller than the Empire State Building

Image of the proposed skyscraper

The Philadelphia Business Journal is reporting that a developer is proposing a 1,500 foot skyscraper on 18th and Arch Street. The new Comcast Center, which currently the city's largest skyscraper stands at 1,000 feet. Philadelphia is definitely booming with skyscrapers with several office and condo towers being built within the last fiver years and even more being proposed. The Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported that the owners of the parcels along the south side of Market East may soon be proposing more high rise offices and condos.

Let's hope that these new skyscrapers do not continue the Curse of William Penn on the city's sports teams.

Here is an excerpt of the article:

"The structure is being called the American Commerce Center. It would have 1.3 million square feet of office space, a 300-room, high-end hotel and 315,000 square feet of retail space above and below street level. An underground garage would have 383 parking spaces...

...So far, Walnut Street has lined up tenants for the retail portion, Miller said. While he declined to give specifics, Miller said a high-end home store, restaurants ranging from moderate to high end, a gourmet food store, a health club as well as a movie theater have committed. The theater, based on a new concept emerging from Australia, would have eight screens that can seat 18 to 40 people each and offer light fare, spirits and first-run movies. The hotel flag is in negotiations and would be a full-service, five-star facility."

Friday, March 7, 2008

Unfamiliar Skyline Series...Cities in the Middle East

Istanbul, Turkey

Ankara, Turkey

Dubai, United Arab Emirites

Beirut, Lebanon

Tehran, Iran

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Friday, February 8, 2008

Unfamiliar Skyline Series...The Caribbean

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Kingston, Jamaica

Havana, Cuba

San Jaun, Puerto Rico

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Reshaping the Harbor

The Baltimore Waterfront is expanding with major development. The Waterfront communities of Canton and Harbor East have seen dramatic revivals in the past decade and have now become the new "it" neighborhoods for Baltimore City.
With a dozen or so developments being proposed on the water, the Baltimore Harbor is seeing a second renaissance.

Here are a few images and descriptions of proposed development in downtown and on the waterfront.

10 Inner Harbor - 59 stories (717 ft.)
Location: 414 Light Street at Conway St. (Inner Harbor)
Developer: ARC Wheeler Group
Total Investment: $300 million
Completion Date: N/A
Uses: 285 condo units, 192-room hotel, ground and second level retail, grocery store, resturants
Status: Approved

Water Tower - 32 stories
Location: 414 Water Street (City Center)
Developer: LH Water Toner, LLC
Total Investment: $65 million
Completion Date: 2007
Uses: 312 condo units, 6000sq ground level retail, 10-story above ground parking
Status: Under Construction

Four Seasons Hotel and Residences (44 stories) and Legg Mason World Headqarters Tower (24 stories)

Location: Aliceanna Street (Harbor East)

Developer: H&S Properties Development Corp

Total Investment: $550 million

Completion Date: N/A

Uses: 200 5-star hotel rooms, an unnamed number of private residences, 25000sq ground level retail including three resturants, 1200 parking spaces, 500K office space.

300 E. Pratt Street - 35 stories

Location: 300 East Pratt Street (Inner Harbor)

Developer: 300 E. Pratt Street, LP

Total Investment: $100 million

Completion Date: N/A

Use: Office space, 250 luxury residential units, 500-space above ground garage, 16000sf ground level retail.

Status: Approved

Canton Crossing - 17 story Office Tower, multiple residential & office high-rises

Location: 3301 Boston Street

Developer: Hale Properties

Total Investment: $1 Billion

Completion Date: Tower completed, other buildings underway

Use: 1 million square feet of Class-A office space, 250,000 square feet of retail space, a 450-unit luxury hotel, 500 condominiums, 150,000 square foot Cruise Ship Terminal