Two Liberty Place
Philadelphia, USA

HEIGHT: 258m/846 feet
FLOORS: 58fl
COMPLETION: 1990
ARCHITECT: Murphy/Jahn Architects

Two Liberty Place is one of Philadelphia’s premier office towers. The property is part of the Murphy/Helmut Jahn designed Liberty Place Development, which also includes the nearly identical One Liberty Place, a 1.2 million square foot office tower, a 144,000 square foot upscale retail concourse, and a Westin Hotel.

The property is located in the Market Street West submarket between Market and Chestnut Streets in the heart of Philadelphia’s CBD. The location offers superb conveniences with its close proximity to hotels, the finest retail on Walnut Street and the City's most exquisite dining options at Rittenhouse Square. Access to public transportation is excellent with the 30th Street Station nearby and Suburban Station within walking distance of the property, both of which offer service to Philadelphia’s International Airport and SEPTA commuter rail services.

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9/10. What a modern skyscraper should be. Not as cool as one, but still pretty damn cool.

7/10

just OK

Love it's design and colours and how it thins towards the top.

In some ways, it is quite similar to Chicago's Two Prudential Plaza.

8.5/10

the two fine ass twins!! 10/10 cheers to twins:cheers:

7/10

I'm not sure why, but I dont like it much. Maybe its becos it seems fat at the base or it just looks inferior next to One Liberty.

The only good thing is the facade.

Nowhere near as good as 1 Liberty Place but still ok.

7/10

Still PoMo gem, but not nearly as well proportioned as One Liberty, which isn't proportioned all that well itself. Both are much too portly.


6.5/10

8/10 - I like the facade that dances with the light, but while the spire and setbacks are nice, the building is too chunky, especially with that "bustle" on one side - they needed to make a larger base and a slimmer tower. And did they run out of money before they finished the spire?
Not bad, but not as impressive as its twin.

8.5/10

I like it.

reminds me of the Two Pru in Chicago...but it's more stubby than the one in Chicago...and 1 Liberty has a better design but overall I'd give it an 8/10..

It´s one of my favourite buildings!

For me its too fat! 6/10 :(

hmm.....beautiful
9.5/10:D

yup, beautiful. GO PA SCRAPERS! 9/10

7

too fat.. and the patterns just dont seem right..
just gotta check it out in person..

yea sunni you just gotta see this beauty in person like I did.......... thanks to greyhound 9/10

I think it is too massive at the bottom, they should of started slimming it out way before. The bottom is not all that great, but I do appreciate the top of the building. 7.0/10

It looks clunky and awkward from some angles, and sleek and dominating from others. That "knub" spire has always irritated me but I still love the building. It was actually the first "skyscraper" I ever recognized during it's construction.

Not that good then his bigger brother.
Maybe it could be more slimmer,it just looks too wide
7.0/10 for being modern

9

It's not really fair to compare this building to the masterpiece that is One Liberty Place... if One Lib didn't exist... I'm sure everyone would be raving about this fine looking skyscraper... It's a bit chunky on the bottom... giving it a wedding cake appearance from some angles... but it's really a classic design through and through... great top... doesn't need a spire...

Looks like an Inca-temple :?

Out of proportion but the glass is good.. WOnder how it looks when lighted at night :?

8/10

7/10

I love it, but it is not as good as One.

6.5/10 not so much on this one either. Too many pointy's in Philly like in Atlanta.

looks shorter than it's height and nothing special?! 6/10

9/10

Looks O.K. !!!

i actually like this one better than the twin or cousin or however u wanna put it. 9

7.5/10 great combo in Philly, with it's neighbor. but i'm not THAT fond of it.......

8.5...

But I see no dots. I don't know what you guys were talking about down there in Forum Issues.

8/10

It is a perfect tower, except the roof kills it.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/10/163413.jpg

8.0/10

I also like his taller brother more...but it's still a beautifull tower.

8/10

One Liberty Place looks better.

6

L1 is much better

7/10 it lopk like a tall version of the building in SD

Beautiful
8/10

8.5/10 :guns1:

9/10


Great tower.

7.5/10
Nice shape but should have been taller. Nice crown.

A few more photos:
http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/skyscrapercity/phl/227540s.jpg

http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/skyscrapercity/phl/204158s.jpg

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Right:
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I like Philadelphia...
9/10

Fits perfectly w/ 1 L.P.

10/10

7/10 Decent, but the top is akward. Nice facade though.

8.5/10. I like it!

I live in philly so i see this building all the time...

you have to see it in person to love it...

For me i actually like this one better than one lib (please dont hate me)


I also snuck up to the 57th floor before 911

ill tell you the views put city halls obvs deck to shame...

you could see 1 lib right out of the window

I do not like this type of skyscraper 3,5/10

I have more admiration for One Liberty Place than this one.

A very lenient 7.

ive already posted i love this building but the massive setback on the the 40th floor of the north side just kills it...but i gave it an 8.5 cus i love the top...

Way underrated due to its twin brother. The first time when I saw Philadelphia in the distance I was like "WTF mate? There are two glass Chryslers there!".

6/10

Only the top part is appealing

10/10 This building is confirmed to kick some serious ass. :guns1:

Awesome..but i think the One is better... 9/10 :)

6

this building looks rather weak compared to 1 lib place, because of the fewer chrysler-style setbacks. they should get rid of that little stub though...the stub's sorta annoying to look at.

8.5/10

8.5/10

7/10

The Massive setback and the asymmetry it forces bothers me. Not a huge fan of the "glass crysler" look, but its still really good. Color and facade look cheap and boring to my eyes. Still an unusually successive building. Nice in a pair.

Here's a no brainer

10/10

-- But really, the reason I love this building is two fold -- it was a twin, which to me in Philadelphia at the time was a revolution to have fraternal twin towers... well before Emerits, Overseas Bank Center, etc

^ Are the roof heights of 1 and 2 around the same? When you see them in person, it seems that they look about the same heights, with the exception of 1's spire.

about 270 meters in 1LP and 259 is 2LP - although I cannot seem to find exact stats on 1LP without the spire...it is though slightly taller, 58 storeys in 2LP to 61 in 1LP

2LP is (or was at least - it changed only recently when Cigna sold a portion of it's company to Ace) wholly occupied by Cigna Corp, a large insurance comapny in the US

1LP has the spire on it which obviously, since it is ornamental and a "functional part of the structre" counts towards its total height of 288 meters

2LP is 259 meters, which oddly is a common number in large buildings, Rockerfeller Center (GE), Messturm, Transamerica Pyramid, are all about that same height.

You are following me around today Naptown ;-)

^ Sorry, it's just that you have the last reply and I always end up clicking this button: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/buttons/lastpost.gif


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i love it! especially the top! 10

Not interesting for me to look at. 4/10

9/10
I'm in love with this building and its twin, One Liberty Place.
Gorgeous cladding, facade, colour and shape - it looks almost crystalline in some photos. Very pleasing to the eye.

nice 8/10

A little cheap looking but also fairly handsome. 7/10

7.5/10. 2 Liberty Place also looks sweet with its 3-year-older sibling, One. One point off for the top because unlike One it looks stubby as a finger; another point off for falling 152 feet short of the 1,000 foot tall goal; half off for not matching up with One in height and falling 100 feet short.

One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place really dwarf the view of City Hall; William Penn must be turning over in his grave in disgust.

Not as nice as 1 Liberty, but nice. 8.

8.5

The "pretty" girl usually has at least one shorter/stubbier/plainer girl by her side to make her look better. In this case, the chunky girl isn't so bad..... and probably more appreciative ;)

It's ok - a bit fat. 6.5/10

Nice facade but too glassy. 9.0

6,5/10 - Not my type...

Nice 8/10

How does it look cheap? I'm not quite gettin that......

Beautiful................9.5/10!

8.5/10

I love this building like One Liberty. Great building, 9.5.

8.5/10

Almost as good as its big brother. And afterall, it is the city of brotherly love. I give it a 9/10. :D

nice design, 8

Nice 8.5/10

Kind of emphasizes the wrong things with One Liberty Place.
This time really too broad, and for the decoration, it's as if this one was a cheapened version. The short spire is just unneeded.
Let's say the other one would not exist, it would then be decent, but not very good.
6.5

Not the greatest. 3.5/10.0

9.5/10

8/10

I like the resemblance with the Chrysler building and the blue facade.

8/10

One Liberty Place = 9/10,
Two Liberty Place = 8,5/10

Nice tower. 7.5/10.

8.5/10.

8/10

10/10

A bit fat,but the facade is stunning! 8.5/10

nice cladding.. 8

7.5/10

Nice tower, nice colouring, but there's something not quite right. Can't put my finger on it. 6.5/10.

Great facade and shape. 9/10

6/10

8/10

7/10

7.5/10

8/10

I love it, 9/10

6,5/10

Not special this is a common tower with a ggod colour tone in facade

9/10

This is a great building but liberty 1 is a little better 8.0

9/10

9/10

7/10

its good, but with spire will look much better!

6/10 modern but not that cool plus it's too fat! :D

8/10.

9/10

8.5/10 from me

:)

7.5/10

9/10

9/10 One of the coolest facades in a glass scraper that there is. The top is awesome. Everything fits very well. Good height, good width. fantastic.

good clean looking design 8/10

7/10

Beautiful building. A great fit for Philly's great skyline.

8/10

7,5/10

7.5/10......................

This will make me enemies, but I do not like this type of derrivitive PoMo style.
Sorry, but I can only give it a 6.

7/10

7/10

9/10.

not bad not bad at all 7.5/10

I like every Philadelphia's buildings. 10/10

9/10

Move this to another city, and it looks better. In Philly, it can't help but be overshadowed by Liberty 1.

8.5/10 good tower, i like the facade

Love it!
8.5/10

9. glitzy!

8.5/10. Would get another point if it didn't have that huge ugly part at the bottom in the back. Thats just disqusting that they put that on such an otherwise nice building.

9,5/10

3/10

Overweight and disproportionate which is a fault here.

8/10 nice

7/10

9.5/10

I love the top!

8.5/10

7/10

10/10

7.5/10

8.5 / 10

I gave it a 9, not bad for the 3rd largest skyscraper in the State Of Pennsylvania.

Currently the upper 20 floors are being converted to condo's.

Now ugly Philly skyscapers is the twins Commerence 1 & 2 :puke:

a little to wide, not as good as One
7/10

Even though I love glass cladding, this building lacks elegance. 7.0/10.0

9/10 Although it may not be outstanding, my eye is immediately drawn to this building when i'm looking at the skyline, and it's what comes to mind when i think of philly, besides Mcnabb, cheese steaks and UPenn

6/10 it's ok

7.5 / 10

7 from me

9/10 nice scraper

7/10

8.5/10. Love it.

10/10 It's amazing

9.5/10 Spectacular. I remember being mesmerised by this great beauty years ago. A true icon tower and makes Philadelphia instantly recognisable. :banana:

8/10

weird. 4/10

I like this one, the materials they used are perfect! A 8,5 out of 10.

6.5/10

7/10.

I like it - 9

8.5/10

classy and elegant, 8.5/10

great!!! 9

10/10

Definitely one of my all time favourite office towers. I love the classic style crown at the top and the thin, elegant spire that tapers into the sky. And the facade is just fantastic. The geometric shape of the building that allows every floor to be unique. I love it.

i love it!!!

10/10 love it

very nice tower 9/10

Don't like the top, but the lower part's ok, so 7.5

8/10 - the building looks fat.

6/10

i love it! 9,5/10

9.5/10

7/10

love this and its brother/sister, whatever they say

Quite nice in real life, too. 10/10

3/10

8/10
Great design and quite tall.

Top class. Philly has a gorgeous little collection of mid city towers. Liberty Place is what office towers should look like. 9.

Nice design!

9/10

I like it ! 7.0

8/10

ok,8

luv philly

its cool. 7

8/10

8/10

8/10

6,5/10

7/10

Too chunky.

6

7/10

very cool 9/10

8/10

8/10

10/10

I love it
very iconic

8/10

10/10

4/10

8/10

He is huge. Perhaps and well:)

8/10

9/10

7 Not bad, the crown is really what makes this tower.

10/

8/10

8/10 :)

7.5/10

I don't like de colors...

9/10

Very nice and elegant tower. A bit wide at the base.

8.5/10

8/10 Great cladding, but the pinnacle's shape begs for more height ;)

8/10

7/10. Nice design but looks like it was made for a taller tower but someone decided to make it shorter and just removed floors. The proportions are just wrong and it looks fat.

9. Very good building. Regards.

Very nice design. 9.5/10

8.5/10

9.5 Wonderful building

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp322/DZH22/Philly/IMG_1195.jpg

nice! 8.5/10

I like this one, spectacular 9/10

8/10...nice tower ;-)

7/10

8.5/10

Lesser known companion to One Liberty. Similar design but squat crown. 7.5

one beautiful building.:)
9.5/10

9/10

9.5

9/10

10!

i don't like the 90's architecture of skyscrapers but this one looks okay. 7/10

10/10

^^ No.

9.5

9/10

I love the top. great building.
9

Modern symbol for Philadelphia. 10/10

8/10

10/10

9/10

9/10 good piece of modern architecture

7.5/10

10/10

http://www.acpmidatlantic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/f981s7030-main1.jpg

http://philadelphiarealestatehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/two-liberty.jpg

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http://ladefense.free.fr/1/phillyskyline/1.jpg

7.5

8/10

9/10

Beautiful...10/10

4.5/10

Oh no, i see postmodernism coming! :|

4/10

8/10

8,5/10

9/10

4/10