3601 Market

3601 Market, part of the University Center Science Center and a mixed use apartment and commercial tower, will now be a little taller and a little bit more interesting.

A little.

Perhaps riding Drexel's new style guide, BLT Architects will be staggering many of the windows and some of the balconies on the 300 foot high rise. While it's not quite as exciting as Campus Crest's Grove or Drexel's most recent additions, BLT has angled the 28 story tower towards Center City to offer residents a view of the skyline.

Of course with seemingly no cap on University City's rising skyline, Center City developers might soon be offering their potential tenants a view of a new Philadelphia, one west of the Schuylkill River.

Highrise at 38th and Chestnut

BLT Architects' and Radnor Property Group's high rise at 38th and Chestnut is replacing two historic row homes owned by the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral and thus won't win any praise from preservationists, but the ambitious undertaking and redevelopment of a major University City intersection is a significant cog in the West Philadelphia neighborhood's recent building boom which is redefining the skyline west of the Schuylkill River.

Ground breaking is expected to take place in September, with residents moving in by 2015.