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Identification Name Comcast Center Alternative name One Pennsylvania Plaza Emporis Building ID 102154
Location
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data Height (architectural) 296.73 m Height (top floor) * Floors (above ground) 57 Floors (underground) * Construction start * Construction end * Gross floor area * Floor-to-floor height * Floor-to-ceiling height * Elevators * Parking places * Construction costs *
Structure in General Construction type skyscraper Current status  existing [completed] Structural material composite structure Facade material glass Facade system curtain wall Architectural style postmodern
Usages Main usages  commercial office Side usages  parking  university  tv studio  restaurant  service branch(es) shop(s)
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings Tuned mass damper is installed
Facts
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Comcast Corporation, the world's largest cable television provider, announced on 3 January 2005 that they had signed a 15 1/2 year lease in what had previously been called One Pennsylvania Plaza, thus earning naming rights for the tower. |
The building's crown is lit at night with a dramatic exterior scheme built into the structure. |
This building surpassed Cleveland's Key Tower as the tallest building between New York and Chicago. |
Approximately 4,500 temporary jobs will be created for construction. |
A new, grand entrance to Suburban Station (serving commuter rail and two subway lines) is incorporated into the design of the main public plaza. |
Originally designed with a golden  Kasota stone as an homage to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the latest Comcast design has scrapped stone altogether in favor of a glass curtain wall. |
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Originally proposed at 746 feet/50 floors, the developers increased the height in January 2004. |
Floor heights measure 15 (floor-to-floor) and 11 feet (floor-to-ceiling) for levels 3 to 42, increasing to 17 and 13 feet for floors 43 to 57. |
The building contains the world's largest tuned liquid column damper. |
Companies involved in this building
Other companies:
Atelier Ten, Tyco Electronics Ltd., Liberty Property Trust, Viracon, Motioneering, Inc., L.F. Driscoll Company, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Hill International, Inc., Enclos Corp., Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, Madison Concrete Construction, Cives Steel Company, J.E. Berkowitz, L.P., ThyssenKrupp Elevator U.S.A., Cornell & Company, Inc., Pennoni Associates, Inc., Cerami & Associates, HighRise Systems, Inc., HMA Consulting, Inc., PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Haley & Aldrich, Quentin Thomas Associates, Inc., Paul H. Yeomans, Inc., Tractel Ltd. Northeast |
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