PHILADELPHIA | The Mark at Philadelphia | 407 FT | 34 FLOORS - Page 13

PurpleWhiteOut · #**241** Posted **Mar 13, 2026, 11:05 PM**

PHLtoNYC · #**242** Posted **Mar 15, 2026, 12:55 PM**

And the worst new high-rise.

Knight Hospitaller · #**243** Posted **Mar 16, 2026, 4:15 PM**

Hideous, but thank you to Purple for the many updated threads.

PurpleWhiteOut · #**244** Posted **Jun 15, 2026, 10:48 PM**

Exterior seems to be nearly finished except for the first floor.

sentinel · #**245** Posted **Jun 16, 2026, 12:50 AM**

I hope that in 20-30 years, some savvy developer will hire a really good designer, and re-clad this. It would only add value to the building.

SamInTheLoop · #**246** Posted **Jun 16, 2026, 1:27 PM**

My. Lord.

therealdawk · #**247** Posted **Jun 30, 2026, 2:49 PM**

I don't know the architecture world. How does this work? Is the final design created by one head honcho? Or is there a board that reviews the final design and collectively says "Yeah, that looks great!"?

Knight Hospitaller · #**248** Posted **Jun 30, 2026, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by therealdawk

I don't know the architecture world. How does this work? If the final design created by one head honcho? Or is their a board that reviews the final design and collectively says "Yeah, that looks great!"?

They saw this in a classic Lego catalogue.

mcgrath618 · #**249** Posted **Jun 30, 2026, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by therealdawk

I don't know the architecture world. How does this work? If the final design created by one head honcho? Or is their a board that reviews the final design and collectively says "Yeah, that looks great!"?

Hard to place 100% of the blame on the architecture firm involved--it's just the state of the industry. Clients rarely want anything other than the cheapest, largest box they can fit on a plot of land.

Blame Landmark Properties for accepting a design this terrible. They're the final say on what gets built.

Plokoon111 · #**250** Posted **Jul 1, 2026, 3:08 PM**

They deffently missed the mark.

PurpleWhiteOut · #**251** Posted **Jul 2, 2026, 1:43 AM**

Obviously a bit back-handed, but I think it looks kind of good from a couple miles away.

PhillyPDX · #**252** Posted **Jul 2, 2026, 1:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by PurpleWhiteOut

Obviously a bit back-handed, but I think it looks kind of good from a couple miles away.

Concur. Was just in Philly, and from a distance it adds incredible height to the entire east-west skyline. And catching a glimpse from CC, really adds density to UC.

Up close....meh.

PhillyRising · #**253** Posted **Jul 2, 2026, 5:52 PM**

It looks a 407 foot tall Hampton Inn.

PHL10 · #**254** Posted **Jul 6, 2026, 12:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by PhillyRising

It looks a 407 foot tall Hampton Inn.

haha, well said. That's exactly what it looks like.