So to get this shot, you need a long-focus lens I suspect. I don't think Center City's skyscrapers would be so big from 63rd St. Also, I guess you have to wake up before dawn.

Source: Have ridden in from 69th St many times.

Weirdly both the statement that Plymouth Meeting Mall has "shuttered" and that it "remains open in its original format" are wrong.

It's clearly shifted away from a traditional retail mall to a mixed-use center, with a gym, dining and other non-traditional goods retail taking substantial space (Dave and Buster's, Whole Foods).

Although I guess the Church on the Mall is still there, so maybe that's what makes it the "original format," since that's pretty original.

This is fantastic. Now all that needs to happen is to tear down the abandoned former McDonald's/BP and the graffiti-covered, burned-out, boarded-up Checkers, convince the KFC to relocate, and built higher on the NE and NW corners, assuming councilmanic/womanic prerogative will allow that.

It is a crime against old (let alone "new") urbanism that Philadelphia runs a 4-track subway line that runs directly to Center City, the Sports Complex, and its largest university (Temple), as well as its de-facto public hospital (also Temple), with stations under drive through fast food restaurants and parking lots.