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Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.[6] Since 1854,
the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core
of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017.
[4] Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along
the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million
ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.[5]
William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony.
[8] Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers
of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress,
and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during
the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, the Battle of Germantown,
and the Siege of Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, and served as
temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became
a major industrial center and a railroad hub. The city grew from an influx of European immigrants, most of whom
came from Ireland, Italy and Germany—the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015.
[9] In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the
Great Migration after the Civil War,[10] as well as Puerto Ricans.[11] The city's population doubled
from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
The Philadelphia area's many universities and colleges make it a top study destination, as the city has evolved
into an educational and economic hub.[12][13] According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
the Philadelphia area had a gross domestic product of US$445 billion in 2017, the eighth-largest metropolitan economy
in the United States.[14] Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to five Fortune 1000
companies. The Philadelphia skyline is expanding, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016,[15]
including several nationally prominent skyscrapers.[16] Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other
American city.[17][18] Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed,
is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States.[19] The city is known for its arts, culture,
cuisine, and colonial history, attracting 42 million domestic tourists in 2016 who spent US$6.8 billion, generating an
estimated $11 billion in total economic impact in the city and surrounding four counties of Pennsylvania
.[20] Philadelphia has also emerged as a biotechnology hub.[21]
Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps,[22][23] and is also the home of many U.S. firsts,
including the first library (1731),[24] hospital (1751),[24] medical school (1765),[25] national capital (1774)
,[26] stock exchange (1790),[24] zoo (1874),[27] and business school (1881).[28] Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic
Landmarks and the World Heritage Site of Independence Hall.[29] The city became a member of the Organization of
World Heritage Cities in 2015,[30] as the first World Heritage City in the United States.[13] Although Philadelphia
is rapidly undergoing gentrification, the city actively maintains mitigation strategies to minimize displacement
of homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Here’s your Philly megadevelopment cheat sheet
Developers are spending billions of dollars to build new residences, hotels, and parks in Philadelphia
Philadelphia | Future Skyscrapers | Proposed & Under Construction
30th Street Station District. Rendering by Skidmore, Owings, & Merill
University Place, Wistar Institute Partner on Major Life Sciences Project
A rendering of 3.0 University Place at 4101 Market St.
PHILADELPHIA—Locally-based University Place Associates and the Wistar Institute
are looking to move forward on a new 240,000-square-foot life sciences building
to be built at 4101 Market St. here
UPA will build the 3.0 University Place project that will offer state-of-the-art
laboratory/office space in the heart of Philadelphia’s University City District.
The two firms state that the property, which is expected to be completed and ready
for occupancy in the first quarter of 2021, will “deliver the critical infrastructure
and support network needed to advance biomedical research.”
The Philadelphia Business Journal reported the cost of the project at $100 million.
Schuylkill Yards. Rendering by Shop Architects/West 8
Rendering by Shop/West 8
Drexel University president John Fry described Schuylkill Yards as a "new neighborhood based on innovation" with "world-class,
open space in the tradition of the public square of Philadelphia."
Eight new high-rise sites will also be part of Schuylkill Yards, a mix of a laboratories, hotels, retails, residential units,
and offices. NY-based Gotham Organization, Inc. will lead the residential development, and Longfellow Real Estate Partners
will take on the Life Sciences component.
New Schuylkill Yards renderings provide more insight into the $3.5 billion project.
This is a view looking northeast through the Grove.
Renderings by Shop Architects/West 8
uCity Square, $1 billion
uCity Square. Rendering by ZGF Architects LLP/Omega
Liberty on the River, $1.2 billion
Liberty on the River would bring 10 towers to this undeveloped site. Photo by Philly by Drone
Penn Medicine Pavilion, $1.5 billion
Penn Medicine Pavilion. Rendering by Foster+Partners
Navy Yard, $1 billion+
Rasmus Hjortshøj–COAST
East Market, $600 million+
Rendering by BLT Architects
Fashion Outlets of Philadelphia, $365 million
Rendering courtesy of PREIT
Penn’s Landing, $225 million
Rendering by Hargreaves Associates/redsquare
SLS Philadelphia Hotel & Residences, $240 million
The International SLS Philadelphia Hotel & Residences. Rendering by KPF Architects and Cope Linder
W Hotel and Element by Westin, $359 million
W Hotel and Element by Westin. Renderings by Cope Linder Architects
River Walk, $300 million
Rendering by Gensler
Aramark Headquart, $230 million
Rendering by Gensler/Varenhorst
1911 Walnut, $235 million
1911 Walnut. Rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz Architectur
1001 S. Broad Street
1001 S. Broad Street. Rendering by Cope Linder Architects
