Making the Cutout

by Frank Roche on August 29, 2007

Comcast Center Cutout

I walked past the Comcast Center last evening around 7pm. I couldn’t stop staring at the “Cutout,” which doesn’t show very well in this shot, but is the coolest architectural feature I’ve seen in a long while. It’s all glass, and it looks like there are offices and conference rooms slotted in there.

And it made me think: In Philly, you know that you’ve really made it when you get to the Cutout. The Cutout is just badass. Philly wiz-wit-we-boo-Santa kinda of badass.

  • http://swedehartjournal.blogspot.com Jessica

    Pretty photo! I’ll have to walk by to see the cutout with my own eyes.

  • http://swedehartjournal.blogspot.com Jessica

    Pretty photo! I’ll have to walk by to see the cutout with my own eyes.

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    Jessica, I’ll bet you’ll make a better pic, too. I took this one with my iPhone, which has been my camera of convenience lately. It’s very limited, but great for snaps but it didn’t show the glass in the Cutout.

  • Frank

    Jessica, I’ll bet you’ll make a better pic, too. I took this one with my iPhone, which has been my camera of convenience lately. It’s very limited, but great for snaps but it didn’t show the glass in the Cutout.

  • http://paxromano.blogspot.com/ PaxRomano

    What is it exactly?

  • Pax Romano

    What is it exactly?

  • http://thepovertyjetset.com Mark

    I don’t get it. Why are they leaving a “Cutout”? Is that part of the architectural detail?

  • http://thepovertyjetset.com Mark

    I don’t get it. Why are they leaving a “Cutout”? Is that part of the architectural detail?

  • http://pinkybear.blogspot.com Pinky Bear

    It’s a pretty good picture. The cut out is wild.

  • http://pinkybear.blogspot.com Pinky Bear

    It’s a pretty good picture. The cut out is wild.

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    The Cutout is just a glassed-in architectural elements. I wish I’d taken a better picture. Basically, that hole up there is all glass, and there are bigtime offices and conference rooms that face the interior of the Cutout plus overlook South Philly. My sense, having not been up there (maybe Albert could fill us in), is that there are floor-to-ceiling windows and super cool offices there….you can be the king of the world up there…or at least the King of Philly (which is pretty dang close).

  • Frank

    The Cutout is just a glassed-in architectural elements. I wish I’d taken a better picture. Basically, that hole up there is all glass, and there are bigtime offices and conference rooms that face the interior of the Cutout plus overlook South Philly. My sense, having not been up there (maybe Albert could fill us in), is that there are floor-to-ceiling windows and super cool offices there….you can be the king of the world up there…or at least the King of Philly (which is pretty dang close).

  • Bill Strahan

    Imagine that the building was made of Play do (dough?) and you took a cube and pressed it into one side. That’s what is left. Those floors have conference space and executive offices. It’s way cool.

    My office will be in the northeast corner of the 34th floor as of about January 1, 2008. I can’t wait.

  • Bill Strahan

    Imagine that the building was made of Play do (dough?) and you took a cube and pressed it into one side. That’s what is left. Those floors have conference space and executive offices. It’s way cool.

    My office will be in the northeast corner of the 34th floor as of about January 1, 2008. I can’t wait.

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    Bill, you’re a Cutout Man if there ever was one. Great description of the place…Play-Doh, what a cool description of how that’s created. I’ll look forward to a tour of your office when you move in.

  • Frank

    Bill, you’re a Cutout Man if there ever was one. Great description of the place…Play-Doh, what a cool description of how that’s created. I’ll look forward to a tour of your office when you move in.

  • http://48facets.wordpress.com Rick

    Sounds like there should be a New Year’s Eve party in Bill’s new office.

  • http://48facets.wordpress.com Rick

    Sounds like there should be a New Year’s Eve party in Bill’s new office.

  • http://www.blatherskiteblog.com/ CraftyMoni

    Very cool! You don’t see things like that in Spokane :P

  • http://pappergank.com/ms/ Moni

    Very cool! You don’t see things like that in Spokane :P

  • http://www.knowhr.com/blog Frank

    Moni, from your pictures your have some beautiful things and real nature there. I think I would like that too…but a lot is happening in Philly right now, so that makes it fun.

  • Frank

    Moni, from your pictures your have some beautiful things and real nature there. I think I would like that too…but a lot is happening in Philly right now, so that makes it fun.

  • http://dragonballyee.com/blog albert

    i was just above the cutout. no idea what it looks like up close.

  • http://dragonballyee.com/blog albert

    i was just above the cutout. no idea what it looks like up close.

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