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Originally Posted by TK2001
Interesting read honestly. I wish there was so much more photographs of the skyline between 1985-1993, lots of history on skyscraper construction in between those years. Even though I'm only 19 and I'm loving current transformation of Philadelphia, it's actually the 80's skyscraper boom that interests me the most, my favorite look to the skyline is the 1987 skyline when One Liberty was above all.
Anyways, here is some photoshop I did to see what the twins would look like in reality
IBX Tower twin photoshop by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr
IBX Twin Towers with skyline photoshop by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr
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Wow! Wow!
What could have been! Amazing!!!!!
If you are interested in the 1980's Philadelphia Skyline there are 2 things you can do; if you can somehow find a Philadelphia Yellow Pages; it was either 1985 or 1986; they had an early computer graphic of the way West Market Street would look each year as the buildings were build and you could see what was planned and how it changed. I had a yellow Pages back then and marveled over it; we didn't have the internet so this was the way Skyscraper Enthusiasts back then imaged things and of course we drew things out on pencil and paper. If you see that Yellow Pages from 1985 or 86; I can't remember the year; you'll find that the Mellon Center Tower is taller with respect to Liberty One; this image was taken before its height was shortened.
Another things you can do is find a view of downtown Philadelphia from the Veterans Stadium before 1982; that date is key because anything before 1982 won't show the Reading One Center. Reading One Center was the name of the Aramark Tower at the time from what I remember and now they changed the name again. If you compare the photos of 1982 to say 1991 or 1992 when the Bell Atlantic Tower was finished you'll have an idea of how much downtown Philadelphia changed in a short time in the 1980's and then you can see the change now.
I remember a deal before 1982 so I've seen the change.