1,121 feet

The second $1.5 billion Comcast tower has already staked its place in the Philly skyline. When it's completely built in 2018, the 60-story tower will be the tallest building in the city, serving as headquarters for Comcast employees, a Four Seasons Hotel, and three condo units—all owned by the company's CEO. Here are 20 construction photos to ogle over as you wait for the city's first supertall tower, designed by Foster + Partners, to finish up. 

974 feet

Designed by Robert A.M. Stern, the 57-story tower Comcast Center is currently the tallest building in Philly and Pennsylvania, until it is surpassed by its neighboring Comcast Technology Center (#1). When it opened in 2008, it officially became the tallest LEED-certified building in the city.

945 feet

When it was built in 1987, One Liberty Place became the tallest building in Philadelphia, and most notably, the first skyscraper to break the gentleman’s agreement that no building should ever surpass the height of the William Penn statue atop City Hall. The 61-story tower was designed by Helmut Jahn.

792 feet

Coming in at No. 6 is the BNY Mellon Center, which was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in 1990. The 54-story office tower features the private, aptly-named Pyramid Club on the 52nd floor. And the lobby happened to make an appearance in the Tom Hanks movie “Philadelphia.”

739 feet

Originally called the Bell Atlantic Tower, this 55-story building was designed by local firm Kling Lindquist and built in 1991. Today, it’s owned by Brandywine Realty Trust, which renamed it Three Logan Square. Last summer, it opened a seasonal beer garden on the 50th floor, calling itself the world’s highest beer garden.

730 feet

When it opened its doors at the end of 2016, the FMC Tower became the tallest building in University City and will remain that way until the first few Schuylkill Yards towers top out. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the tower is headquarters for FMC, Brandywine Realty Trust, and other companies, and is home to AKA University, which takes up the upper levels of the building.

582 feet

Slowly but surely, the W Hotel & Element by Westin have been rising over at 15th and Chestnut streets. Designed by Cope Linder Architects, the 51-story tower will feature separate entrances for the two hotels and be a 773,500-square-foot LEED-certified project. It’s expected to open in 2018.

566 feet

Dranoff Properties and SBE Entertainment Group are behind this proposed 566-foot-tall hotel and condo project on the former site of Philadelphia International Records. The highly-anticipated project was announced four years ago and has yet to break ground (they’ve applied for a $19 million state grant to begin construction), so the 45-story hotel making it this list is an optimistic assumption that it will open by 2020 if all goes to plan from here on out.

565 feet

Tying for 11th place are One and Two Commerce Square, the two twin buildings that both clock in at 565 feet. When the towers and public plaza were completed in 1990, they were called “one of the finest commercial projects to be built in this century” by city planner Edmund Bacon. The identical buildings, now owned by Brandywine Realty Trust, were designed by IM Pei & Partners. Olin designed the plaza.