These monster business buildings sit side by side with apartment buildings to watch the sunset on just another day in The City of Brother Love.

Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States. Because it was centrally located among the 13 Colonies, it had a huge role in the founding of this country even before there WAS a capitol. That led to the rapid growth and development of the city. Starting with the Christ Church and Burial Ground opening in 1695, businesses have always found a home in The City of Brotherly Love. Not only do they like to be giants in the business world but in the physical world as well. Christ Church stood as the tallest building in the city for 102 years. Not long after the record was broken, Philadelphia’s City Hall was built and the city’s founder, William Penn was placed on top to look over his beloved land. There was a “gentleman's agreement” not to build higher than City Hall. That agreement kept Philadelphia’s City Hall the highest building for 93 years. In 1987, Liberty One was built, which you can see peeking out behind the 2400 Building. Many Philadelphians believed that because we broke the “gentleman's agreement”, it started “The Curse Of Billy Penn”. The curse was believed to have kept Philadelphia from winning any sports championships for years since none of the franchises won a single championship since The 76’ers won in 1983. The beloved baseball team The Philadelphia Phillies broke the curse in 2008 with the history making World Series win.

After Liberty one was built, it then began the race to build Philadelphia up, creating a modern skyline city. In 2008, Comcast got into the race and wanted not only the tallest building in the city, but they wanted it to look like a computer thumb drive and called it the Comcast Center. Happy with their accomplishment, they wanted to go even bigger. In 2017, they built the Comcast Technology Center to shadow over their own original building. If you ask me, it looks like someone extending a certain finger as a response that they got so high.