PECO Building, Office building in Philadelphia, United States
The PECO Building is a 29-story office tower at 2301 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a glass and steel facade typical of late 1960s modern architecture. Its floors are organized as open office spaces designed to host large corporate operations.
The tower was completed in 1970, during a period when Philadelphia was replacing older downtown structures with modern office buildings along Market Street. It was part of a broader push to reshape the city center that transformed that stretch of the street during that decade.
The PECO Building is the headquarters of the energy company that supplies electricity and gas to a large part of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. For many people in the region, the company behind this address is part of everyday life in a very direct way.
The building sits on Market Street and is easy to reach by public transit, with several subway and bus stops within walking distance. Keep in mind that access to the interior is generally limited to tenants and their guests, as this is an active office building.
Although it is owned by an energy company, the building earned a LEED Gold certification for sustainable construction, which is unusual for a structure originally built in 1970. This was made possible by retrofitting the tower with energy management systems that track and regulate power use across different zones of the building.
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