Residences at Ritz-Carlton

Philadelphia's Residences at the Ritz-Carlton affords an opportunity most of the other new condominium buildings do not: new construction at the most central of locations. Directly across from (and celebrating the views of) City Hall, the Residences' residents can leave their cars underground (in the private garage) and either walk to wherever they're going, or be on any of Septa's rail lines without ever walking outside, but instead through a residents-only park with a 12 foot waterfall and a private entrance into the hotel lobby (the giant dome of the former Girard Bank). New York's Handel Architects (a firm most recently famous for designing the World Trade Center Memorial in NY) have crafted a 48 story, double-glass curtain wall building that's rectangular along 15th Street, and fitted with sharp angles leading toward the existing Ritz-Carlton hotel. At 518', it will stand even with the feet of William Penn across the street on City Hall, making it the 10th tallest building in the city upon its completion.