The best view
of
the Philadelphia
skyline
at night
is either the Spring
Garden Street
Bridge, coming
South on
I-95,
or my rooftop, two miles south and
three floors up of center city.
The worst place to view the
skyline is on top of the
Comcast
Technology Center,
a hundred forty-seven
feet taller and more impressive
and newer than the old Comcast
Center, a champion of its day
but too short to outlast today’s
builders. The view from
heights like this
must be
lonely,
brisk
even on
summer
nights.
I’ll
forfeit the fight for
tallest building and
spend my time
building
something
that lasts—
a gift for others.
