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One Meridian Plaza, formerly known as the Fidelity Mutual Life Building, Three Girard Plaza and Three Mellon Bank Center, was a 38- story high-rise office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The 492-foot (150-meter) tower was designed by Vincent Kling & Associates and completed in 1972. On February 23, 1991, a twelve-alarm ...
The adjacent One Meridian Plaza (built 1972, damaged by a major fire 1991, demolished 1999) was connected to this building. Shortly after One Meridian Plaza's demolition, the building was converted in 2000 into a 330-room Ritz-Carlton hotel.
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton is a luxury residential skyscraper in Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 518 feet (158 m), the 48-story skyscraper is the 12th-tallest building in Philadelphia, and the tallest residential tower in the city. The building was erected on the former site of One Meridian Plaza which was seriously ...
September 13, 2024 at 8:40 AM. PHILADELPHIA - Commuters heading into Philadelphia on Friday morning noticed part of the city's skyline covered by smoke from a massive building fire. Over 100 ...
One Meridian Plaza: 150 m Philadelphia: February 23–24, 1991 3 Occurred when rags ignited, fire spread uncontrollably after all fire protection systems failed. [22] Later torn down. UNITIC Twin Towers: 105.5 m Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina: May 28, 1992 Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells.
1990–1991 Philadelphia measles outbreak. 2000 East Coast Aviation Services British Aerospace Jetstream crash. 2013 Philadelphia building collapse.
The plot this building was designed to occupy was made available after the One Meridian Plaza fire on February 23, 1991 which left the building uninhabitable. The relative lack of a need for that much office space in Philadelphia ultimately doomed the proposal.
September 13, 2024 at 6:04 AM. PHILADELPHIA - Firefighters battled a massive fire that torched two buildings in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood on Friday morning. Firefighters were called to ...