PECO Building

PECO Building
PECO Building the day after the new crown lights were activated.
General information
Type	office
Location	2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	39°57′16″N 75°10′43″W / 39.9545°N 75.1787°W / 39.9545; -75.1787Coordinates: 39°57′16″N 75°10′43″W / 39.9545°N 75.1787°W / 39.9545; -75.1787
Completed	1970
Height
Roof	384 ft (117 m)
Technical details
Floor count	27
Design and construction
Architect	Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson

The PECO Building is a modernist office highrise in Center City Philadelphia. The building gets its name from PECO (Philadelphia Electric Company), one of the companies that merged to form Exelon Corporation. The building lies adjacent to the Schuylkill River and has the address of 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

The PECO Building is notable for its electronic display, which displays the time, temperature, news, and a variety of other community messages in amber-colored scrolling text around the top of the building. At midnight on January 1, 2009 the lights were shut down and replaced with a more energy efficient and more colorful LED-based system which went live on July 4, 2009.^[1]

References

↑ Katz, Matt (December 24, 2008). "Peco to revamp tower message board". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

Skyscrapers in Philadelphia

Current	Comcast Center One Liberty Place Two Liberty Place BNY Mellon Center Three Logan Square G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building One Commerce Square Two Commerce Square Philadelphia City Hall The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton 1818 Market Street The St. James Loews Philadelphia Hotel PNC Bank Building Centre Square II Five Penn Center Murano One South Broad Cira Centre 2000 Market Street Two Logan Square 1700 Market evo at Cira Centre South 1835 Market Street Centre Square I Aramark Tower Wells Fargo Building 1706 Rittenhouse One Logan Square The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia Lewis Tower PECO Building

Under construction	Comcast Innovation and Technology Center FMC Tower at Cira Centre South Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Ambulatory Care Center Lancaster Square (Drexel U.) One Riverside

Demolished	One Meridian Plaza

Approved	W Hotel Philadelphia 3601 Market Street 1919 Market Street Eastern Tower Community Center 38th and Chestnut 1213 Walnut Street 1601 Vine Street

Proposed	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Schuylkill Ave. expansion 1911 Walnut

See also: Tallest buildings in Philadelphia Architecture of Philadelphia

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