# The Philadelphia Skyline Photo Collection
**URL:** https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863
**Category:** Philadelphia
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863 "2020-05-08T23:53:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/124 "2021-09-23T01:43:34Z")
The lights on the W look noticeably dim. I hope this isn’t how they will officially look
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/125 "2021-10-04T21:09:25Z")
[](https://flic.kr/p/2mx3Ugf)[Philadelphia skyline from the Commodore Barry Bridge](https://flic.kr/p/2mx3Ugf) by [Philly SkyGuy](https://www.flickr.com/photos/149628534@N08/), on Flickr
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### Author:  [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/126 "2021-11-20T22:41:02Z")
Are there any observation decks open in Philadelphia? I am planning a trip for the middle of February and hope to see the skyline again!
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/127 "2021-11-21T20:29:15Z")
City Hall, extremely cheap. One Liberty Observation Deck officially closed this year, but of you can get an invite you can go to the top of the Comcast Technology Center
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### Author:  [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/128 "2021-11-22T12:49:42Z")
You can go to the top of the Comcast Technology Center?
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/129 "2021-11-23T02:44:04Z")
Yea, there’s a sky bar up there
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### Author:  [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/130 "2021-11-23T02:47:40Z")
And you have to get invited?
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/131 "2021-11-23T02:48:22Z")
Either someone at the Four Seasons can invite you or you can stay in the Four Seasons and go up I believe
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### Author:  [@Springboss123\_456](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Springboss123_456)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/132 "2021-12-25T14:18:32Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZXgwYpk22/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZXgwYpk22/)
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### Author:  [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/133 "2022-02-08T00:16:05Z")
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### Author:  [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/134 "2022-02-20T14:42:45Z")
My pictures from Philadelphia this week.
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/135 "2022-02-20T21:10:46Z")
[](https://flic.kr/p/2n4HpFF)[Philadelphia skyline 02/20/2022](https://flic.kr/p/2n4HpFF) by [Philly SkyGuy](https://www.flickr.com/photos/149628534@N08/), on Flickr
[](https://flic.kr/p/2n4z8jv)[Philadelphia skyline 02/20/2022](https://flic.kr/p/2n4z8jv) by [Philly SkyGuy](https://www.flickr.com/photos/149628534@N08/), on Flickr
[](https://flic.kr/p/2n4EvhV)[Philadelphia skyline 02/20/2022](https://flic.kr/p/2n4EvhV) by [Philly SkyGuy](https://www.flickr.com/photos/149628534@N08/), on Flickr
> **[Philadelphia YIMBY Observes Decorative Lighting at One Liberty Place in...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/02/philadelphia-yimby-observes-more-decorative-lighting-schemes-on-one-liberty-place.html)**
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> As the nighttime Philadelphia skyline is becoming brighter with new projects featuring decorative lighting, One Liberty Place has also made its mark on the dark night sky. Located at 1650 Market Street in Center City, the skyscraper was constructed...
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### Author:  [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/136 "2022-02-21T14:29:14Z")
My render of the future skyline with the canceled American Commerce Center (1500 feet).
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/137 "2022-03-02T23:03:58Z")
> **[Philly YIMBY Observes High-Rise Construction From The I-95 - Philadelphia YIMBY](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/03/philly-yimby-observes-high-rise-construction-from-the-i-95.html)**
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> The image of Philadelphia is constantly changing as the skyline continues to expand. Every year, more developments are being proposed and starting construction, at a rapid pace the city has not seen in a long time. Though the proposals are not as...
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/138 "2022-03-17T13:32:52Z")
Purchased some old shots
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/139 "2022-04-14T06:32:22Z")
The skyline in the next few years
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/140 "2022-04-16T03:53:46Z")
2019 and 2022
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/141 "2022-04-16T04:29:03Z")
[](https://flic.kr/p/2neJ5e8)[Philadelphia skyline from South Philadelphia](https://flic.kr/p/2neJ5e8) by [Philly SkyGuy](https://www.flickr.com/photos/149628534@N08/), on Flickr
May 2021
April 2022
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/142 "2022-04-25T08:12:41Z")
Projects in the city
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-philadelphia-skyline-photo-collection/16863/143 "2022-04-29T15:36:07Z")
> **[YIMBY Presents Revised Massings Of The 1985 Liberty Place Iteration -...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/04/yimby-presents-revised-massings-of-the-1985-liberty-place-iteration.html)**
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> On May 13, 1985, celebrations were held for the groundbreaking for the first phase of the Liberty Place complex in Center City, with another office tower, mall, and hotel under construction by February 1988. The towers, located at 1650 Market Street...
> **[Lobby Renovations Underway at BNY Mellon Center at 1735 Market Street in...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/04/renovations-underway-on-bny-mellon-center-lobby-at-1735-market-street-in-center-city.html)**
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> At the time when the Liberty Place project was proposed in Center City, other developers scrambled to join Philadelphia's skyline race to top the Statue of William Penn atop City Hall. At 1735 Market Street, the skyscraper formerly dubbed Mellon Bank...
> **[YIMBY Looks Back at the Renovation of Philadelphia City Hall in the 1980s -...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/04/yimby-looks-back-at-the-renovation-of-philadelphia-city-hall-in-the-1980s.html)**
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> Philadelphia's City Hall has loomed proudly in Center City since it topped out in 1894, but its tower continues to stand only thanks to several renovations. While the municipal floors of the building only rise nine stories high, the clock tower...
> **[Observing The Construction Of Mellon Bank Center and Two Liberty Place -...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/04/observing-the-construction-of-mellon-bank-center-and-two-liberty-place-with-massings.html)**
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> In 1984, plans were approved for the first office tower to rise above the unwritten Gentleman's Agreement height above the statue of William Penn. One Liberty Place broke ground in 1985 and was under construction until the end of 1987, starting a new...
> **[YIMBY Offers More Perspectives of One Liberty Place Shortly After Completion...](https://phillyyimby.com/2022/03/yimby-offers-more-perspectives-of-one-liberty-place-shortly-after-completion.html)**
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> The idea of building higher than the William Penn statue atop Philadelphia City Hall was roundly rejected by city planners and the public for a long time. Boldly, in 1983, Willard G. Rouse III of Rouse and Associates bought a large plot of land and...
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