Comcast Center

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Structure in general

Usage

Facts

• Originally proposed at 746 feet/50 floors, the developers increased the height in January 2004.
• A vacant lot for many years, the Sheraton Penn Center Hotel formerly stood on this site.
• 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.
• A new, grand entrance to Suburban Station (serving commuter rail and two subway lines) is incorporated into the design of the main public plaza.
• This is the tallest building in Philadelphia, eclipsing One Liberty Place.
• 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.
• Approximately 4,500 temporary jobs will be created for construction.
• This building surpassed Cleveland's Key Tower as the tallest building between New York and Chicago.
• The building contains the world's largest tuned liquid column damper.
• 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.