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I took a few hours off of work on Tuesday to take a trip to the top of the Philly world – the yet unfinished Comcast Center – for a hardhat tour courtesy of Liberty Property Trust. Holy shit is that a view. It was a million degrees outside and we had to be in pants and boots, but it was worth it. The haze made things not as fun for taking photos, but I got some winners in.

The shot above was the view from where we entered the work site. This shot is a 900px wide 180° panorama looking south from the 55th floor of the Comcast Center. The 55th floor does not have windows installed just yet which gave us an unobstructed view of things. You can see the two I-beams at either end of the photo covered with fireproofing (I'm pretty sure that's what it is). From left to right, you can see the Delaware River, City Hall, Liberty Towers, Mellon Bank Center, IBX buildings and the Schuylkill River. Bitchin.

We saw the underground concourse, the entryway pavilion, the 55th floor (just above the cutout if you're looking at the building from the south), the 30th floor (complete with a bathroom with waterless urinal) and the JFK Blvd entryway area. The craziest part of the day for me was riding in the exterior elevators. It was surprisingly calm up on the 55th floor without windows. I thought it would be windy up there, but nope. I would've loved to go up top, but it was too dangerous.

A proper photo gallery is coming for the shots I took.

And thanks again to Liberty Property Trust for the tour.

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