Standing
973.51 feet tall, Comcast Center, also known as One Pennsylvania Plaza, is the
tallest building in Pennsylvania. The postmodern skyscraper is located at 1701
John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Its composite structure
and glass façade were completed in 2008 after three years of construction. The
57 story tower cost approximately $540 million to build. It is used for
commercial office space and connects to Suburban Station’s underground
concourse. There are also shops, services branches, restaurants, and a TV
studio inside.
Earlier plans called for the building to stand 746 feet tall
and have a golden Kasota stone façade as a tribute to the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. The height was increased and the façade changed to glass during the
planning phase in 2004. Comcast Center was designed by architect Robert A. M.
Stern for Liberty Property Trust.
Comcast Corporation is the world’s largest cable TV
provider. They have a lease to the building until 2020 and use 89% of the
office space for their corporate headquarters. Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania is
the secondary tenant. The tower’s main lobby features the Comcast Experience: A
2000 square foot high-definition LED screen that projects views of
Philadelphia’s historic sites and many other images for eighteen hours daily.
The building is designed to be environmentally friendly, and is Leadership in
energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.
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