Liberty Place
Liberty Place are skyscrapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They are made up of a 61-story, 945-foot (288 m) skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story, 848-foot (258 m) skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin Philadelphia Hotel. Construction of One Liberty Place was approved and the first phase of the project began in 1985 and was completed in 1987. One Liberty Place became the city's first skyscraper.
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Commercial offices Residential Hotel Retail |
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Groundbreaking | Phase 1: May 13, 1985 Phase 2: February 16, 1988 |
Completed | Phase 1: 1987 Phase 2: 1990 |
Height | |
Top floor | Phase 1: 784 feet (239 m)[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 61[1] / 58[2] |
Floor area | 111,483 square metres (1,199,990 sq ft)[1] |
Elevators | Phase 2: 24[2] |
Design and construction | |
Owner | Sunbelt Management Coretrust Capital Partners HEI Hospitality |
Architect | Helmut Jahn |
Architecture firm | Murphy/Jahn |
Developer | Rouse & Associates |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
Liberty Place Media
One Liberty Place (background) looms over City Hall (foreground), representing what many Philadelphia sports fans alleged was the Curse of Billy Penn. The curse finally lifted with the Philadelphia Phillies victory in the 2008 World Series.
The design of Liberty Place was heavily influenced by New York City's Chrysler Building, September 2007
Philadelphia's Two Liberty Place resembles Chicago's Two Prudential Plaza architecturally, July 2007
Southwest view of South Philadelphia and New Jersey from One Liberty Place's observation deck, December 2005
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