ZookeepergameClear28 t1_iub027i wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:06 PM

Philadelphia City Hall is the world's largest free-standing masonry building.

ten-million t1_iucrtvp wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:20 AM

Construction began just before they started using steel frame construction.

whiskyrox t1_iub0cf6 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:08 PM

It's still the largest free-standing masonry building in the world.

zoicyte t1_iuddypv wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:10 PM

English parliament? What about every castle in the world that still exists? That doesn’t seem right.

whiskyrox t1_iuepho1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Let me Google that for you.

zoicyte t1_iui5vnq wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:52 PM

Lol. TIL

Thurl215 t1_iu9omll wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Now, I might step on it by accident

Asleep-Arm5840 t1_iub692w wrote on October 29, 2022 at 11:55 PM

That's actually really fucking cool

jin-zi-gui t1_iuc9xmn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:08 AM

Yeah, and the Masons across the street were super salty about it lol

[deleted] t1_iuc5yiq wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:18 AM

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HonnyBrown t1_iud1t8w wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:23 PM

When Liberty Place One and Two were on the drawing board, there was a lot of fuss about building skyscrapers taller than city hall.

[deleted] t1_iuciqz2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:09 AM

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DoctorPilotSpy t1_iud1bkg wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:17 PM

In several years you’ve only seen 3 crimes?

S_M_ith t1_iudbb4p wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:49 PM

Is real life too real for you

Jihadi-Jawn t1_iuduiar wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM

If you've next door you can afford to move out of the city

ten-million t1_iucrd8h wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:13 AM

It's weird how you think it has nothing to do with you when it really has a lot to do with you.

napsdufroid t1_iua7r0s wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:37 PM

We know

In 1894 the city hall was the world's tallest habitable building.

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