List of tallest buildings in Camden explained

Camden, New Jersey is located on the Delaware River in the Delaware Valley/Philadelphia metropolitan area in the US. At 380feet, a tower of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge is the tallest structure in the city. Camden City Hall, at 370feet, has been the tallest building in the city since 1931. Several buildings of the Victor Talking Machine Company (which became part of RCA Victor in 1929) dot the city's skyline, which also includes late 20th century residential high-rises.

Tallest buildings

RankNameImageNeighborhoodHeight
ft / m
FloorsYearNotes
1Camden City HallDowntown371feet181931Tallest building in Camden since 1931.[1] [2] and tallest in the Delaware Valley outside of Philadelphia.[3]
2Northgate IINorth Camden226feet231979Residential highrise[4] [5]
3Triad1828 Centre[6] Waterfront220feet182018[7] [8]
4Northgate INorth Camden200feet211962Residential highrise[9] [10]
5330 CooperCooper-Grant148feet122012Rutgers-Camden student housing[11]
6Our Lady of Lourdes Medical CenterParkside
Gateway
141feet101950[12] [13]
7Nipper BuildingWaterfront
Cooper-Grant
121feet plus tower101916Residences known as The Victor[14] [15] inspired by Nipper logo for the RCA Victor when it was known as Building 17.
8One Port CenterCentral Waterfront135feet111996Delaware River Port Authority[16] [17] [18] [19]
9Riverview TowersWaterfront130feet151977Residential high-rise[20]
10Keleman PavilionLanning Square130feet101978Cooper University Hospital[21]
11Wilson BuildingDowntown125feet121926Commercial[22] [23]
12Victor Executive Building[24] Cooper-Grant125feet81916[25] [26] RCA Building No. 2.
also once home to Camden City Public Schools[27] [28]
12RCA Factory Building No. 8Cooper-Grant
Waterfront
125feet101924Radio Lofts (proposed)[29] [30] [31]
13Patient PavilionLanning Square121feet102008Cooper University Hospital[32]
14Camden TowerCooper-Grant121feet111989Rutgers-Camden housing[33]
15JFK TowersMarlton121feet101964Residential highrise[34]
16Mitchell H. Cohen US CourthouseCooper Grant61994United States District Court for the District of New Jersey[35] [36]

Proposed

In May 2013 the New Jersey Economic Development Authority announced that it would seek developers for the site of the demolished Riverfront State Prison just north of the Central Waterfront and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Cooper Point.[37] [38] In September 2013 Waterfront Renaissance Associates announced that it proposed to a develop a 2.3-million-square-foot commercial complex on 16acres called the Riverfront World Trade Center. The project would be built in four phases, the first of which would be a promenade along the Delaware River.The plan calls for two 22-story and two 18-story buildings.[39] [40] [41]

In October 2013, Herschend Family Entertainment announced they would add an attraction adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium, a 300feet, 25-story observation tower ride with a moored balloon and gondola that would carry passengers above the site offering views of city, the Delaware River and the Philadelphia skyline[42] to be built by Skyview Tower Systems. The 300feet Skyview Tower, a combination gyro tower and moored balloon, in the city's entertainment district on the Camden Waterfront was expected to open in 2015.[43] The structure is three rod towers joined at intervals by circular hoops Propelled by a winch, lightweight carriage disguised within the balloon envelope ascends the tower. The gondola beneath the balloon acts as floating circular walkway for a maximum of 40 passengers.[44]

In September 2015, Liberty Property Trust unveiled a proposal to build two towers, one 590feet tall[45] and another 450feet[46] as part a master plan on the waterfront designed by Robert A. M. Stern. Called Camden Towers it all include an 18-story building the waterfront.[47] Construction began in 2017.[48] [49] [50] [51]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Camden City Hall. https://web.archive.org/web/20140727100445/http://www.emporis.com/building/camdencityhall-camden-nj-usa. dead. July 27, 2014. Emporis. 2014-06-06.
  2. Web site: Camden City Hall, Camden. SkyscraperPage.com. 28 May 2012.
  3. Web site: Camden City Hall, Camden . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727100445/http://www.emporis.com/building/camdencityhall-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 27, 2014 . 2012 . Emporis. 25 June 2012.
  4. Web site: Northgate II . https://archive.today/20140617233449/http://www.emporis.com/building/northgateii-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 17, 2014 . Emporis . 2014-06-06.
  5. Web site: Northgate II . SkyscraperPage . 2014-06-06.
  6. Web site: Camden Tower gets new name .
  7. Web site: Triad1828 Centre, Camden | 1414581 | EMPORIS. https://web.archive.org/web/20190703035633/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1414581/triad1828-centre-camden-nj-usa. dead. July 3, 2019. Emporis.
  8. Web site: Camden Tower Topping Ceremony. Lauren. Tosti. June 13, 2018.
  9. Web site: Northgate I . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727100551/http://www.emporis.com/building/northgatei-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 27, 2014 . Emporis . 2014-06-06.
  10. Web site: Northgate I . SkyscraperPage . 2014-06-06.
  11. Web site: 330 Cooper . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618011303/http://www.emporis.com/building/330-cooper-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  12. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center . Emporis . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727100326/http://www.emporis.com/building/ourladyoflourdesmedicalcenter-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 27, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  13. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center North . SkyscraperPage . 2014-06-06.
  14. Web site: The Victor . Emporis . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000438/http://www.emporis.com/building/the-victor-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 15, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  15. Web site: The Victor . SkyscraperPage . 2014-06-06.
  16. Web site: One Port Center . Emporis . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126143501/http://www.emporis.com/building/one-port-center-camden-nj-usa . dead . November 26, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  17. Web site: One Port Center . Skyscraperpage . 2014-06-06.
  18. News: One Port Center . DRPA . 2014-06-06 . August 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140802153401/http://www.drpa.org/drpa/directions.html . dead .
  19. News: One Port Center . Coopers Ferry Partnership .
  20. Web site: Riverview Towers . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618203140/http://www.emporis.com/building/riverviewtowers-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  21. Web site: Kelleman Pavilion . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727095946/http://www.emporis.com/building/kelemen-pavilion-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 27, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  22. Web site: Wilson Building . Dysart Ventures . 2014-06-06 . January 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103035706/http://wilsonbuilding.net/ . dead .
  23. Web site: Wilson Building . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618011205/http://www.emporis.com/building/wilsonbuilding-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  24. Web site: Building 2: Executive Offices .
  25. Web site: Victor Talking Machine Company Recording Locations . Stowkowski Legacy Quarterly . 2014-06-06.
  26. Web site: Sutton . Alan . A Camden Chronology The Evolution of the Victor Talking Machine Company Complex (1899–1929) . Main Spring Press . 2014-06-06 . June 29, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130629062416/http://www.mainspringpress.com/vic-camden.html . dead .
  27. Web site: Camden Board of Education Administration Building . Emporis . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715011702/http://www.emporis.com/building/camden-board-of-education-administration-building-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 15, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  28. Web site: This historic building in N.J.'s poorest city will soon be revitalized. Joe. Atmonavage. 23 April 2018. nj.com.
  29. Web site: Radio Lofts . Emporis . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231148/http://www.emporis.com/building/radiolofts-camden-nj-usa . dead . July 14, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  30. Web site: Radio Lofts . Dranoff Properties . 2014-06-06 . June 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606133535/http://www.dranoffproperties.com/portfolio/radio-lofts . dead .
  31. Web site: Linchpin of future Camden Waterfront redevelopment is haven for drug users . Newsworks . December 15, 2012 . 2014-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150929/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/new-jersey/48033-linchpin-of-future-camden-waterfront-redevelopment-is-haven-for-drug-users . July 14, 2014 . dead .
  32. Web site: Cooper University Hospital Patient Pavilion . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618011245/http://www.emporis.com/building/cooperuniversityhospitalpatientpavilion-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  33. Web site: Camden Tower . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618214553/http://www.emporis.com/building/camdentower-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  34. Web site: John F. Kennedy Towers . Emporis . https://archive.today/20140618212640/http://www.emporis.com/building/johnfkennedytowers-camden-nj-usa . dead . June 18, 2014 . 2014-06-06.
  35. Web site: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, NJ . General Services Administration . 2014-06-15.
  36. Web site: Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Courthouse . February 6, 2014 . Becica Associates LLC . 2014-06-15.
  37. News: Laday . Jason . NJ to begin seeking redeveloper for former Camden prison . South Jersey Times . May 29, 2013 . 2014-05-28.
  38. News: George . Andrew . Urban Transit subsidy failed Camden, but its successor will take hold . NJ Biz . October 1, 2013 . 2014-06-06.
  39. News: Kostelni . Natalie . Project considered for former prison site in Camden . Phlladelphia Business Journal . September 9, 2013 . 2014-05-28.
  40. News: Terruso . Julia . Developer wants to build a World Trade Center in Camden . Philadelphia Inquirer . September 11, 2013 . 2014-06-06.
  41. News: Laday . Jason . Camden World Trade Center in sites of firm targeting former Riverfront Prison plot . South Jersey Times . September 9, 2013 . 2014-05-28.
  42. News: Roncace . Kelly . Observation tower in Camden promises views of city, Philadelphia skyline . South Jersey Times . October 31, 2013 . 2014-06-06.
  43. Web site: Maule . Bradley . Camden To Finally Get Its Gondola . November 6, 2013 . 2014-06-06 . At 300feet and right on the river, it will instantly alter the form of Camden's tiny skyline, which otherwise includes the iconic 12-story RCA Nipper Building (Dranoff's condo The Victor) designed by Ballinger in 1909, Michael Graves’ 11-story headquarters for DRPA One Port Center from 1994, the two 20-story, 1960s-era Northgate apartment towers, and of course Camden City Hall, opened in 1931 with a design by Edwards & Green. At 371′, City Hall is the only Camden building which will surpass Skyview in height. (The Benjamin Franklin Bridge's towers are 380′ to the top.).
  44. Web site: Skyview Tower Systems . Skyview Tower Systems . 2014-06-21.
  45. Web site: LPT Camden Waterfront Tower B, Camden - SkyscraperPage.com . 25 September 2015 . skyscraperpage.com.
  46. Web site: LPT Camden Waterfront Tower A, Camden - SkyscraperPage.com . 25 September 2015 . skyscraperpage.com.
  47. Web site: Norcross and partners propose $245M Camden Tower on waterfront. Rebecca. Everett. 11 March 2017. nj.com.
  48. Web site: Construction begins on $1B Camden Waterfront project. Melissa. Romero. 6 December 2016. Curbed Philly.
  49. Web site: 18-story Camden Tower approved for waterfront development. Melissa. Romero. March 17, 2017. Curbed Philly.
  50. Web site: With an eye on technology, Camden tower will be built to convert parking to office space – Real Estate NJ.
  51. Web site: "Camden Rising" as new construction reshapes the NJ waterfront.