{"id":10960,"date":"2017-07-27T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=10960"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:26:02","slug":"philadelphia-story-visual-history-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/philadelphia-story-visual-history-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Story: A Visual History of Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though it’s home to fewer record-breaking skyscrapers than other cities with similar skylines, Philadelphia<\/a> has always pushed the boundaries of design and architecture with every new major development. One year from now,\u00a0that skyline will reach new heights\u00a0with the completion of the 60-story Comcast Technology Center<\/a>, set to be the tallest building in the city and in all of Pennsylvania, as well as the tallest structure in the country outside of New York<\/a> and Chicago<\/a>. Add to that the proposed Schuylkill Yards<\/a> project, a $3.5 billion mixed-use development that broke ground in late 2016, and it’s safe to say that the City of Brotherly Love is in the midst of a new building boom.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia apartments<\/a>, offices, hotels, and business centers will increase in number, and as the city prepares for these changes, we thought it’d be interesting to see how its skyline evolved throughout the decades, from its very first skyscraper to its latest. Watch below our video mapping out the evolution of downtown Philadelphia<\/a> and\u00a0its 100 tallest buildings, and read on to find out more about the most notable projects.<\/p>\n