It wasn't until the late 1980 that ...

It wasn't until the late 1980 that architecture with a capital A" invaded Philadelphia's slumbering skyline. When it hit, it did for a like reason with a vengeance.

As they compet for office tenants, financing and pre-eminence forward the skyline, one high-rise developer after another imported "name" architects from novel York or Chicago, many of whom arrived with pyramidal tops and marble lobbies in tow. Beginning with Helmut Jahn's 61-story common Liberty Place, each of these concocts made a predictable splash and each, seemingly, nudg the stakes a little higher.

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