Society Hill Towers is a three-building condominium

Condominium

A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...

 development located in the Society Hill

Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Society Hill is a neighborhood in the Center City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood, loosely defined as bounded by Walnut, Lombard, Front and 7th Streets, contains the largest concentration of original 18th- and early 19th-century architecture of any place in...

 neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. The complex contains three 31-story skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 buildings on a 5 acres (2 ha) site. The towers, originally apartment buildings, were designed by I.M. Pei and Associates and were completed in 1963.

Those who sail regularly on the Delaware River

Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...

 in the Penn's Landing

Penn's Landing

Penn's Landing is the waterfront area of the Center City along the Delaware River section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is so named because the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, docked near here in 1682, along the now paved over Dock Creek, after landing first in New...

vicinity can clearly see the Society Hill Towers as a landmark. These modern buildings contrast with the surrounding neighborhood's historic residential homes, a juxtaposition that is not atypical of the Philadelphia landscape.

The buildings were listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1999.

External links

• Society Hill Towers
• Listing and photographs at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings