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All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing!

When we last posted an update on the construction of the Comcast Center, it was from a lofty position on the 43rd floor. This update comes from a bit more humble of a perspective - namely, the street - but displays a pretty impressive feature anyway: glass.

The installation of glass at the site is hardly breaking news, since it began in October. Not until the last month, though, has it reached a height that can hint at how stunning the finished exterior will be. The skyscraper's skin is being formed with two different types of glass. One is highly reflective, while the other is mostly transparent.

The transparent glass will provide architectural variety by responding differently to the sky and by allowing more interior light to exit the building. The enormous, well-lit atrium on the JFK Blvd side and the cutout corners are both encased with the transparent glass, as will be the square crown making up the top 100 feet. (The steel construction is now just below this final crown.) The difference between the glass types can be seen in the photo on the right.



Even though the glass has been a pleasent surprise, looking much better on site than it did in the renderings, the Comcast Center still has a feature or two that it's been waiting to show off. A few floors up in the photo above, one lone bright spot can be seen on the left side. This is actually a test of the building's LED lighting system. When completed, it will create a striking effect by illuminating the all four corners and the crown.

More photos after the jump...

Weekend's here, so most bloggers will be taking it light for the next two days. That's because most people blog from work while they're supposed to be getting things done. Yeah you. You know you do it too.

The Scare Brothers are hosting their Haunted Nightmare at Station Park in Hatboro, about 30 minutes outside the city. Since Hatboroist is still in private beta, we figured that we should provide you with this not-so-late-breaking news.

City Councilman Rick Mariano, a local politician who has had federal indictment rumors swirling about him recently, climbed onto a ledge and City Hall tonight and threatened to commit suicide. He was talked down from the ledge by Mayor John Street and Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson.

While some might consider Johnny Knoxville playing water football with a kid to be breaking news, we're not that kind of publication. Nope, we were merely pumped up to see Knoxville sporting a Wawa tatoo on his left shoulder, goose and all. There was this one time that we saw Pat Ciarrocchi in a Wawa getting coffee, but I think that Knoxville sporting the Wawa tat totally overshadows that in terms of Wawa-related celebrity bullshit.