We kept walking by the Comcast Center and seeing a giant test pattern in the lobby. This is what we were missing.......

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Photo by author, SkyscraperSunset.com, February 6, 2008.......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! 10. Alycia Lane moving to New York City 'kay thanks, bye! 9. Less extreme weather Give us a friggin' break, eh? 8. Trans fat in our cannoli Please, don't take it away! We......

Every weekday of December (except for December 25, that is), Phillyist will be counting down to 2008 with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know! You guys picked the items in this list - which made this post a lot easier to write! And we thank you for that, because we're really kind of burning out on this......

Haverford Township Commissioner Fred Moran went on trial yesterday for "his alleged attempt to extort $500,000 from the developers of the Haverford State Hospital site in exchange for granting them zoning approval." Thanks in part to the influence of Betty Thompkins, a microscopist in Albert Einstein Medical Center's pathology department and one-time U. Penn researcher, Central High School "will be the first high school in the nation to receive the Phenom, a $72,000 tabletop electron......

It's been a wretched, sticky summer as usual, but we've still managed to hit the pavement to see our overgrown baby mature. Within a month, the Comcast Center will have a completed glass exterior, but we'll still get to watch the development of the outdoor plaza along JFK Blvd, the atrium and entrance to Suburban Station, and best of all, the unveiling of the lighting scheme. (Don't confuse the construction lights seen so far......

Yesterday, a few vertical beams brought our concrete, steel, and glass behemoth to 975 ft. Congratulations, Philadephia. You've got a new tallest building, an honor enjoyed by One Liberty Place for nineteen years. Inquirer photographer Sara J. Glover had the topping-out festivities covered, while Barbara L. Johnston showed the ironworkers doing their thing high above the streets. Comcast Center Construction Photos: phillyskyline.com, SkyscraperSunset.com Photos by author, SkyscraperSunset.com.......

A suspect wanted in the shooting of a New York commune leader more than a year ago was captured as she stepped off the Market-Frankford El in West Philly yesterday. The Inquirer's got the coverage of last night's presentation of the 86th annual Philadelphia Award to Leonore Annenberg. The lawyer for one of the group that we're apparently now calling the Fort Dix Six asked that the court reconsider its decision to hold him without......

Apparently they're even shooting newspaper deliverymen these days. A driver for the Inquirer and Daily News was shot and robbed early this morning. Thankfully, the attack only wounded the man in the neck, and he has already been treated and released from the hospital. His attackers took his wallet, which contained only $15. Leonore Annenberg will receive the 86th Philadelphia Award tonight, the city's highest civic honor. The award is given to "a citizen......

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......

Remember to keep an eye out and be careful when walking the streets this afternoon and evening. The ice that accumulated on the taller buildings around the city is falling - a perpetual danger this time of year in Philly. The contractors at the construction site of our soon-to-be tallest building, the Comcast Center, wisely closed the sidewalks around the building (17th and Arch) earlier today for fear of falling ice. So if you were......

The snow storm came to Philly, and it was worse than was originally expected! Many schools in the area yesterday dismissed students early and/or cancelled after-school events. A couple of crazy bastards parachuted down off the Comcast Center Sunday morning. Of course, as is requisite these days when you do something stupid and dangerous, a video was taken and promptly posted on YouTube (although sadly, it has since been taken down). Police are looking for......

It was a urban photographer's dream. Having seen my Comcast Center construction documentation page, one of the men working on the skyscraper's construction invited me on site and up the elevators to improve the collection. So on January 2nd, this Phillyist was on the very raw 43rd floor of the Comcast Center for an ironworker's view of the construction progress and amazing views of Philadelphia. We began by climbing a few staircases and ladders to......

A tribute to One Liberty Place. With the Comcast Center pushing upward, 2006 will be the last year that One Liberty Place can claim to be Pennsylvania's tallest building, a title it's held since its controversial ascent was completed in 1987. Standing at 61 stories and 945 feet, One Liberty Place was the tenth-tallest building in the United States when completed (it's currently 18th). It is a visually striking structure, an angular postmodern homage to......

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.......

Phillyist's editors would like to welcome our latest additon to the staff, Matt Johnson. Think these photos are great? You should see his website. Since we're skyscraper-obsessed, we find routine high-rise construction to be way more exciting than anyone should. While most normal people might glance up at the crane then go about their busy lives, we stalk the construction site with a long-lens camera like the paparazzi. But we think there might be a......