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The Cira Centre influences the sky above it. Photo by author, SkyscraperSunset.com, May 28, 2006.......

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Dear Philadelphia: Congratulations! Just a day after The Inquirer reported that violent crime was down across the city, we received a press release from the GPTMC extolling all your other achievements in 2007. You deserve a big pat on the back for the national and international media mentions you've garnered this year. People are paying attention to you. You're like a celebrity now. On the Food front, The Today Show decided that Vesuvio Restaurant's......

Warm up your Tivos, because some exciting television program is coming your way this Saturday! And by exciting, we mean boring and pointless. It's a televised debate between the Philadelphia mayoral candidates! The city has ordered Judge Rayford A. Means to fix the two rooming houses he owns in Southwest Philadelphia, which are apparently infested with rodents, have faulty plumbing, sagging floors and broken ceilings, and are also overcrowded. In response to a grand jury......

A West Deptford High School student jumped into the Delaware River Wednesday night to help three friends whose boat was stuck on an island off National Park. Sadly, authorities now believe he drowned, though searching will resume for him this morning. Divers will also resume searching the Delaware River, in this case off Chester, for another missing person this morning: Floyd Nelson, the father of NBA player and former St. Joseph's University star Jameer......

30th Street Station and the Cira Centre, nearing completion. Photo by author, SkyscraperSunset.com, February 2005.......

Philly's favorite shapeshifting skyscraper, the Cira Centre, from the north on the Schuylkill River Path. Photo by author, SkyscraperSunset.com, March 27, 2007.......

30th Street Station, the Cira Centre, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art stand over the Schuylkill to create one of the river's most picturesque areas. Photo by author via SkyscraperSunset.com.......

Worried about Philadelphia's much-lamented "brain drain" and its effect on our economy? As the Daily Pennsylvanian reports it, great white hopes like Hunter Elwood should assuage your fears: It's Monday night. Some friends are coming over to watch the football game in a couple hours. Only one thing is on your mind - we're going to need beer. That's where Hunter Elwood - and his Web site, Beerrightnow.com - comes in. ... "You can......

The pinkest of the pink, the Cira Centre leads dozens of Philly area buildings that are changing their lighting colors in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Photo by author, October 7, 2006.......

Once in a while, our awesome skyline adds a little variety by changing the lighting scheme on a whole bunch of buildings. Our four tallest skyscrapers - One and Two Liberty Place, the Mellon Bank Center, and the Bell Atlantic Tower - will spend their October nights wearing bright pink in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The shift normally happens on October 1st, but since it falls on a Sunday this year,......

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The Cira Centre - that impressive looking building across the street from 30th Street Station - held its grand opening on Monday night. We're not exactly sure what they did, but since the building was lit up blue and green, we can only assume they were watching the Eagles do everything in their power to lose to the Cowboys on Monday night. Fortunately, no jumps were reported after the game. That probably would have been......