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October 27, 2006

Comcast Center Cracks the Top Five


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Having outgrown the Independence Blue Cross Tower within the past few weeks, the under-construction Comcast Center is now the fifth-tallest building in the city.

Watch for it to rise another three hundred feet on its way to Philadelphia skyline immortality. We're less than six months from topping out and about a year from opening day.









Photos by author, October 26, 2006.



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