Center City Tower (Philadelphia)
Center City Tower was the working name of a formerly proposed skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia.
| Center City Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Never Built, and redesigned of Comcast Center |
| Location | Downtown Philadelphia |
| Construction started | N/A |
| Completed | N/A |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 1,050 ft (320.1 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 75 |
Designed and proposed by the firm now known as KlingStubbins (designers of Philadelphia's Penn Center and Bell Atlantic Tower), the building would have risen to a height of 1,050 feet (320 m) and 75 stories, making it the tallest building in The United States outside New York and Chicago, surpassing the height of the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta. With a floor area of 1,700,000 square feet (160,000 m2), it is one of the largest in Center City.
The building was designed with an oblate footprint and several setbacks to the top culminating in a spire. Renderings depict it being sheathed in blue glass with studios/media center on the ground level.