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Comcast Center Into the Sky
Made by Steve Maciejewski
Comcast Center Comcast Center is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia. The building officially opened for business on June 8, 2008, and its primary tenant is Comcast. On June 18, 2007, it became the tallest building in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in an official topping-out ceremony led by then Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street. When the final beam in the construction was raised on June 18, ironworkers of Local Union 401 attached a small figurine of William Penn to the beam in homage to the statue atop Philadelphia City Hall, in an attempt to break the Curse of Billy Penn. The Philadelphia Phillies went on to win the 2008 World Series the following season, ending the long championship drought in Philadelphia. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP, the Comcast Center rises to a height of 975 feet (297 m). The Center has 57 floors, 56 rentable with 1,248,000 square feet (115,900 m2) of office space and about 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) of retail space. In 2006, the building was valued at $523 million. Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc., Houston, TX served as the Architect of Record for Comcast Center. The building is situated between Arch Street, 17th Street, 18th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard (the building's footprint obliterated a one block section of Cuthbert Street). While its official address will be One Comcast Center Philadelphia, PA 19103-2838, it is located at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard and the tower itself rises on the Arch Street side of the block, due to the Suburban Station concourse and rail tunnel that run directly beneath Liberty Plaza in front of Comcast Center. Owing to the terracing and idiosyncratic notch, The Philadelphia Inquirer has joked that Comcast built a giant USB memory stick. Part of the public space includes a new entrance to the SEPTA's Suburban Station with a 120-foot (37 m) high glass-enclosed winter garden. Other features include: * Multiple three-story stacked atria rising on the south face of the building * ½ acre landscaped public park, Liberty Plaza, with a fountain display and an outdoor cafe seating 85. * Expansion of Suburban Station's underground retail concourse in an area called The Market at Comcast Center * 500-seat concourse level dining court * 120 private space underground parking garage * A giant high-definition video wall in the lobby, standing 25 feet high by more than 83 feet wide and is 10 million pixels, which is a popular attraction in the building [5] * Two-story cafeteria (Ralph's Cafe) on the 43rd and 44th floors * New entrance lobby addition to historic Arch Street Presbyterian Church * Sustainable building design with the goal of achieving a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating from the U.S. Green Building Council * Waterless urinals Picture from the uncovered roof looking north The project had originally been named One Pennsylvania Plaza, but when Philadelphia-based Comcast Corporation agreed to a significant presence in the tower — taking 873,000 square feet (81,100 m2) on 39 floors in a 15 1/2-year lease — the entire project was named after Comcast. The lighting scheme for the building was designed by Quentin Thomas Associates and features LEDs at a color temperature of 4100k to complement the existing fluorescent lighting present in the office space. The LEDs are placed in the corners of the building along the spandrel panels, in the cut-outs on the north and south faces and lastly on top 5 floors of the tuned liquid column damper. In addition there is a set of color-programmable LEDs on the top floor facing downwards that will be set to celebrate various events and holidays similar to other buildings in the Philadelphia skyline. The building has gone through four iterations before the current and final design was adopted. The second version of One Pennsylvania Plaza would have risen to a height of 1,030 feet (314 m) with 62 stories, and would have been the tallest building in the United States, outside of New York City and Chicago. A second 16-story, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) companion tower is planned for the southwestern section of the parcel. Comcast Center also contains the largest Tuned Liquid Column Damper (TLCD) in the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Center_(office_building)
In Between Worlds...
Made by darth_bayne
Well for the life of me I couldn’t decide what to post today. Many of you know that my activity here on Flickr has been little to none. Part of it has been due to my work in the lab and bad time management, the other reason is I felt like I need a bit of a break from photography and needed a bit of a change in my photography as well. I’ve been in the process of looking to buy a new camera but I’ve decided to hold off. I was thinking that purchasing a new camera will help develop my photography and maybe take it to another level. So I did a massive search here on Flickr looking at pictures from different cameras, and comparing the lens used as well as looking at different individuals photostreams seeing if there is any big changes in their photography. What’s great about Flickr is that it has so much information and allows one to find photography-wise what one wants to see. And I found that it really doesn’t depend on the camera so much as the person taking the picture (haha, and a kick ass lens). Not to say that the quality of photos from a point and shoot is better than a Canon 5D mark II or Nikon D3, but I’ve seen awesome photos from cameras not even on the same level outshine photos taken with these really high end cameras. Which made me think that if I were to buy on of these high end cameras I wouldn’t know what to do with it, simply because there is so much stuff I don’t know about photography. So until then, I think I’ll be purchasing some more books about photography and maybe another lens. So I ask how do you guys feel about this? Do you feel it’s the camera that makes a photo or the person or the lens or all of the above? About the photo: A shot I had taken last summer while on a photowalk around Philadelphia very close to City Hall. This scene really caught my eye as I was walking by it. There was such a stark contrast between the buildings. To me it felt like looking at two different world. Nothing special technique-wise. I combined 3 exposures (HDR) with photomatix and processed the rest in photoshop. This shot was taken handheld. ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
Scaffolding: Not just for construction workers anymore
Made by kevin dooley
In complex systems science, scaffolding are those structures necessary to move from an initial state to an emerged form. For example, when recapturing an area of land and bringing it back to its natural state (e.g. prairie), you will find that certain birds and plants have to be present during the transition time in order for the old form to re-emerge. Once the new state has emerged, the scaffolding comes down... BUT, without the scaffolding, no change would have occurred. Another example: Mary Poppins. The concept of scaffolding has attraction to social scientists and educators too. From: condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~group4/ Scaffolding instruction as a teaching strategy originates from Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and his concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). “The zone of proximal development is the distance between what children can do by themselves and the next learning that they can be helped to achieve with competent assistance. The scaffolding teaching strategy provides individualized support based on the learner’s ZPD. In scaffolding instruction a more knowledgeable other provides scaffolds or supports to facilitate the learner’s development. The scaffolds facilitate a student’s ability to build on prior knowledge and internalize new information. The activities provided in scaffolding instruction are just beyond the level of what the learner can do alone. The more capable other provides the scaffolds so that the learner can accomplish (with assistance) the tasks that he or she could otherwise not complete, thus helping the learner through the ZPD. (Image of Philadelphia City Hall. August 2007) (Explore 1.18.2008--Thanks friends!)
After Hours
Made by darth_bayne
Wanted to switch gears, but keep the general city theme. I’ll be putting up the rest of my pictures from Stockholm a bit later. But for now here’s a long exposure shot that I took in Center City Philadelphia last weekend. I was actually hoping for another shot after I took this one with a different lens but I was interrupted by two shady guys in a car, who I thought was planning to rob me. The long and short of the story is that I had my tripod all set up and was taking these long exposure photos along the side of the road, when these guys in a car pulled and just looked at what I was doing. At first I thought they would drive off and would be on their way, but as soon as they drove away they quickly stopped and backed up. At the moment I thought to myself it’s time to go. The guy in the passenger seat rolls down the window and asks me if I wanted him to take my picture. I almost laughed considering that I had a tripod in my hand as well as it being at night. Forgive me for saying this but I thought to myself, “How stupid do you think I look”. Anyhow at this moment I told them I was good, picked up my gear and walked to a nearby hotel with people outside of it. The guys then sat in the car for a few minutes and then parked, with their eyes on me the whole time. They ended up getting out of the car and going in a different direction. Pretty shady eh? Anyhow, Happy Hump day everyone, only a few more days left till Friday! ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
Philadelphia City Hall
Made by todd landry photography
3/25/2010: Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 167 m (548 ft), including the statue, it is the world's second-tallest masonry building, only 1.6 feet (0.49 m) shorter[3] than Mole Antonelliana in Turin[4]. The weight of the building is borne by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet (6.7 m) thick, rather than steel; the principal exterior materials are limestone, granite, and marble. It was the tallest habitable building (although surpassed by monuments) in the world from 1901 to 1908 and the tallest in Pennsylvania until 1932 when surpassed by the Gulf Tower. It remained the tallest building in Philadelphia until the construction of One Liberty Place (1984-1987) broke the informal gentlemen's agreement that limited the height of tall buildings in the city; it currently is the 15th-tallest building in Pennsylvania. The building was designed by Scottish-born architect John McArthur, Jr., in the Second Empire style, and was constructed from 1871 until 1901 at a cost of $24 million. Originally designed to be the world's tallest building, by the time it was completed it had already been surpassed by the Washington Monument and the Eiffel Tower, though it was indeed the world's tallest habitable building at the time of opening. With close to 700 rooms, City Hall is the largest municipal building in the United States and one of the largest in the World. from wikipedia.
Ivory Tower
Made by darth_bayne
A Great Big Thank You to You All!!! This definitely is a better day than the day before I posted this photo. Frontpage of Explore: Highest position #18 If anyone had as crap a Monday as I had please raise your hand. I’m so glad that day is over. It’s nothing like getting crap the minute you walk into your place of work. And the best thing is when it wasn’t something you’ve done or caused. The day only got more fun as the hours peeled away. There must be something in the rules of life that state if you have a great weekend, your Monday is sure to be jacked up. Anyhow this is why I decided to post this photo, because it reminded me of an Ivory Tower. It was definitely a place I surely wanted to be yesterday. Way at the tippy top LOL! The photo was shot in Center City Philadelphia actually not far from the place I took the last one in this series. The building you’re looking at is CityHall. The building was constructed from 1871 until 1901 and is the world's tallest masonry building. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re in Philadelphia. I’m on my way to work now, let’s hope it starts better than the last. Hope you all are doing well! ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
LOVE
Made by ken m photography
LOVE Park (official name: JFK Plaza) is a plaza located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park is nicknamed LOVE Park for Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture which overlooks the plaza. LOVE Park is the brainchild of former Philadelphia City Planner Edmund Bacon and architect Vincent Kling. The park is across from City Hall and was designed as a terminus for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The park, which was designed by Vincent Kling, was built in 1965 and covers an underground parking garage. The main features of the plaza are curved granite steps and a single spout fountain which was added in 1969. What was once the city visitor center was closed down for five years, but opened up in May 2006 as The Fairmount Park Welcome Center. The park was dedicated in 1967 as John F. Kennedy Plaza after President John F. Kennedy. The now famous LOVE sculpture, designed by Robert Indiana, was first placed in the plaza in 1976 as part of the United States' Bicentennial celebration. It was removed in 1978, but the sculpture was missed and the chairman of Philadelphia Art Commission, F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., bought the sculpture and permanently placed it in the plaza, in 1978. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVE_Park
Masonic Temple - Philadelphia, PA
Made by todd landry photography
7/12/2010: The Masonic Temple, built is 1873, is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at One North Broad Street, directly across from Philadelphia City Hall, it serves as the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons. The temple receives thousands of visitors every year who visit the ornate structure including its seven ornate lodge rooms, where today a number of Philadelphia lodges and the Grand Lodge conduct their meetings. The massive granite cornerstone, weighing ten tons, was leveled on St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1868. The ceremonial gavel used on that day by Grand Master Richard Vaux was the same gavel used by President George Washington in leveling the cornerstone of the nation's Capitol building in 1793. The bold and elaborate elevations of Norman architecture on Broad and Filbert Streets, especially the beautiful Norman portico of Quincy granite, make it one of the great architectural wonders of the City of Philadelphia. The exterior stone of the building on Broad and Filbert Streets was constructed of Cape Ann Syenite from Syne in Upper Egypt. On May 27, 1971, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a National Historic Landmark.
City Hall - Partial View of the West entrance
Made by ken m photography
Best Viewed in Large size. An elaborate temple of local politics, City Hall is one of the nation's finest examples of French Second -Empire Architectural style. The west entrance of city hall Is the smallest and least ornate of the four entrances. the west was used to bring prisoners in and out of the building and they were spared the opulance that is the North, South, and East entrances. The allegorical theme on this side is Justice which is reflected in the keystone over the entrance that symbolizes Sympathy ( not shown in this view). Flanking the keystone are reliefs of an anchor and a balance indicating Hope and Justice. Above the portal, at the second story spandrels, a bowed and bearded figure with outstretched hands demands Repentence from a youthful figure with chin in hand. A mother scolds a child in a display of Admonition in the other spandrel. to the left and right of the third stoey spandrels are the sculptures of Prayer and Meditation. As this is the west view, the head of a buffalo, symbolizes the American western frontier. A male and a female pioneer flank the huge buffalo head in this representive sculpture of America. The columns supporting the dormer and its buffalo above are an Indian man and woman.
Love park, Philadelphia
Made by Arun Sundar
Photographed is Love Park, Philadelphia centre city. I saw one of the photographs of the Love park in Flickr last week and instantly wanted to go there and take an HDR. When I reached there, I saw close to 50 kids playing skateboards (though in the website it was mentioned that skateboarding has been banned in the park). Having no other option since there was always kids swarming around this structure, I strolled around taking pictures around the park. In about 10 minutes, I saw a cop car pull over in one of the entrances to the park and I thought it was for me. The reason is quite silly, because that morning when I walked across Ben Franklin bridge taking photographs of the bridge, a cop came up to me and warned me not to take pictures of the bridge. So, I thought this cop at the park was for me too. As I was wondering if he is coming closer to me, the place became suddenly silent. I turned over and saw that all the skateboard kids took off. Ha! Thanks to the cop. The love park was all for myself! I spent the next half hour taking photographs of the Love statue and the buildings. After spending yesterday evening at Phili centre city, I have got a new found respect/love for the city!
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Made by kevin dooley
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia. From www.paconvention.com/art/history.asp: The Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC) represents the largest public construction project undertaken in the state of Pennsylvania. The Grand Hall and Ballroom occupy the renovated Reading Terminal Trainshed, the oldest surviving single-span arched trainshed roof structure in the world, and the only one of its kind remaining in the United States. The PCC also preserved the Reading Terminal Market on the ground level of the Trainshed, maintaining the continuous use of that location as a market place since 1653. The PCC, located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, makes this convention center one of the few such major facilities actively integrated into an urban center allowing our visitors access to a host of restaurants, shops, cultural institutions and other downtown amenities. The exterior of the building reflects the traditional construction materials of the historic Philadelphia streetscape; internally, it combines state-of-the-art-meeting facilities with a hotel-like ambiance.
Sunset on Market Street...
Made by darth_bayne
I’d like to thank everyone who left insightful comments about the topic I posted yesterday and it seems like we are all on the same wavelength about what makes a great photo. I think for the time being I’ll stick to the stuff I have and work with lenses before upgrading to another camera. Although I haven’t been posting, I’ve been taking photos whenever I get the chance. So I decided one day to only shoot with my 17-40mm lens, which with a 1.6x crop turns into 27-64mm. I was very surprised to see how well it handled in the city. Although it’s not as wide as the 10-20mm sigma lens, I was able to get a lot of the scenes I wanted to shoot. It might be because of the longer focal length but it really did well handling barrel distortion in the city with all the building. About the photo: A handheld HDR taken with a canon 17-40mm lens. The shot is a vertorama composed of 6 shots. Each half is composed of two 3xp shots. Photomatix and photoshop was used for the processing. To see in Large: ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
Fountain Blue
Made by jomak14
(Explore: #278 on Sunday, November 28, 2010) In May 21, 2003 the Love Park fountain was dyed pink as a stunt by unknown individuals. It turned out that the dye was non-toxic and did not hurt the fountain. Rather than make a big deal about the practical joke, Mayor John Street took advantage of it and the city began dying the fountain for other occasions, starting with the 4th of July, 2003. The Love Park fountain is now often dyed colors throughout the year to commemorate or celebrate events. Regular colors have included: Pink - kickoff for breast cancer awareness month (annually in October) Blue - commemoration of police officer fatalities Green - in honor of the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series, Phanatic Green- October 29, 2008 WOOHOO!!!! Red - marketing event for Showtime's Dexter Excerpt from www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9EZC_Love_Park_Fountain_Phi... Olympus Zuiko 17mm f/2.8 [ 0.001 sec (1/1600) | f/2.8 | FLength 17 mm | ISO 400 | Manual exposure ]
The Clock Tower
Made by ken m photography
www.phila.gov/property/virtualcityhall/home.asp Centered in the heart of downtown Philadelphia stands the nation’s largest municipal building (larger than the U.S. Capitol), serving the city’s government and politics for over 100 years. It is situated in the exact geographical center of William Penn's original 1682 plans for the city, now known as the intersections of Broad and Market Streets, Center Square. Controversy has surrounded this National Historic Landmark from its earliest conception in 1860 to present day. Yet, it has also earned a great deal of respect as a unique architectural and sculptural achievement. City Hall includes some 700 rooms and more than 250 architectural reliefs and freestanding sculptures, including its most famous 37’ bronze William Penn statue topping the clock tower. City Hall is the tallest masonry building in the world. This view of the Clock tower is in the South Entrance on Broad Street facing north. The tower stands at the North Entrance.
Shadows of the Past...
Made by darth_bayne
Hello everyone! Wow it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve posted anything here on flickr. I definitely have a case of having too many hot irons in the fire right now. Haha and balancing my tasks and time have never been a strong suit of mine. Anyhow, hope you all have been doing well and I’m off to visit your photostreams to see what I’ve been missing. Have a great rest of the weekend and a great start to the new week. About the Photo: Since it’s summer and the sun is shining, I’ve decided to take more IR photos before the sun goes away and the cold weather creeps back in. I took this HDR IR at City Hall in Philadelphia. It’s a long exposure shot of the scene since my camera is not modified to shoot solely in infrared. As a consequence the exposure times are much longer than that of a camera that is modified. Modified cameras are able to shoot in IR at handheld speeds. ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
Standing Tall....
Made by darth_bayne
Hello peeps, got some more time today and thought I post this shot that I took this past spring. It’s been so long since I’ve really had the time to process anything so I had to go into the archives for this one. This was taken on one of my walks around philly on what remember to be the first warm day. It was actually the first time I started to experiment with vertoramas. oh btw the tall building in the photo is the Comcast center in Philadelphia. So for the next picture or so I’ll be putting up shots from this walk. I hope to be visiting your photostreams very soon. Have a great rest of the day everyone! About the photo: This photo is an HDR vertorama composed of 6 shots. Three for the top half of the vertorama and three for the bottom half. For each HDR, I used +2ev…0ev…-2ev. Photos were then processed in photomatix and photoshop. To see in Large: ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
Intermission
Made by darth_bayne
Many of you may have already seen this photo before. It’s similar to a shot I put up here on flickr sometime ago. So why post something similar you ask? Well I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop and learning more about how to process photos with it, in particular HDR’s. This photo is my first photo, totally processed in CS3 without any additional tone mapping in Photomatix. I’ve posted a link to compare the two photos. Can you guys see the difference? Hope you all have had a great weekend! About the Photo: Processed only in Photoshop with no tone mapping. I wanted to try this to see if I could achieve the same or better results with using only photoshop. I have to mention though that photomatix is definitely much easier and faster processing HDR’s. Photoshop was a lot more time consuming, but to me gave cleaner and sharper results. ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
dragons
Made by ken m photography
The 1500-pound dragons squirming on top of thin stainless steel poles look precarious at 9th and Arch Streets. Sculptor Ward Eliker was inspired by Chinese New Year parades where dragons are held aloft by bamboo poles. Eliker says the snakelike dragons are meant to be a welcoming gateway into Chinatown, not an image of ferocity. The four dragons cost a total of three hundred thousand dollars. They were commissioned two years ago by the Parkway Corporation, which owns the parking lot and adjacent condominiums. Construction of the condominiums required the one-percent investment in a public art installation. whyy.org/cms/news/regional-news/2009/04/08/chinatown-to-g... www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/There-Be-Drag...
10 Avenue of the Arts
Made by rastajellyfish
Always Better on BLACK! This wonderful building was designed by one of the most prominent architectural firms in Philadelphia in the early 1900s, McKim, Mead, and White along with Frank Furness, another prominent architect of the time. The building was completed in 1931, one hundred years after Stephen Girard. After completion the building was used as the Girard Trust Company Building as a part of Stephen Girard's banking company. Stephen Girard is renowned for personally saving the United States economy during the War of 1812. Today, the building is the location of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The well-known restaurant 10 Arts is located here. As well as the Richel D'Ambra Spa & Salon. I love the old Greek-inspired architecture of Philadelphia! Number Highest Position on Explore and Front Page! Thank you everybody :)
Alone Amongst the Giants...
Made by darth_bayne
I hope everyone had a great weekend, I know I did. Saturday was a beautiful day for a photowalk. So I decided so get some snaps around Philly as well as enjoying being outside (and without a coat for once). About the Photo: I decided to continue on with the black & white theme and post this photo. I took this photo in Center City Philadelphia. Luck with definitely with me when I took this photo. When I started to take it this guy walked out the building on the right and then stopped to play with his cellphone, just long enough for me to get the shot. Btw, I have to say now I’ve officially jumped on the “Vertorama” bandwagon and I have to admit I’ve totally fallen in love with it. More of these shots to come… Have a great start to the week everyone! ***All Rights are Reserved. If you are interested in using any of my photos for any reason please contact me via email***
