Camden, New Jersey is located on the Delaware River in the Philadelphia metropolitan area in the US. At , a tower of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge is the tallest structure in the city. Camden City Hall, at , 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 Rank Name Image Neighborhood Heightft / m Floors Year Notes 1 Camden City Hall Downtown 18 1931 Tallest building in Camden since 1931. and tallest in the Philadelphia metropolitan area outside of Philadelphia. 2 Northgate II North Camden 23 1979 Residential highrise 3 Triad1828 Centre Waterfront 18 2018 4 Northgate I North Camden 21 1962 Residential highrise 5 330 Cooper Cooper-Grant 122012Rutgers-Camden student housing 6 Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center ParksideGateway 10 1950 7 Nipper Building WaterfrontCooper-Grant plus tower 10 1916 Residences known as The Victor inspired by Nipper logo for the RCA Victor when it was known as Building 17. 8 One Port Center Central Waterfront 11 1996 Delaware River Port Authority 9 Riverview Towers Waterfront 15 1977 Residential high-rise 10 Keleman Pavilion Lanning Square 101978 Cooper University Hospital 11 Wilson Building Downtown 12 1926 Commercial 12 Victor Executive Building Cooper-Grant 8 1916 RCA Building No. 2. also once home to Camden City Public Schools 12 RCA Factory Building No. 8 Cooper-GrantWaterfront 10 1924 Radio Lofts (proposed) 13 Roberts Pavilion Lanning Square 10 2008 Cooper University Hospital 14 Camden Tower Cooper-Grant 10 1989 Rutgers-Camden housing 15 JFK Towers Marlton 10 1964 Residential highrise 16 Mitchell H. Cohen US Courthouse Cooper Grant 6 1994 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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. In September 2013 Waterfront Renaissance Associates announced that it proposed to a develop a 2.3-million-square-foot commercial complex on 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.
In October 2013, Herschend Family Entertainment announced they would add an attraction adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium, a , 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 to be built by Skyview Tower Systems. The 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. 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.
In September 2015, Liberty Property Trust unveiled a proposal to build two towers, one tall and another 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. Construction began in 2017.
In 2024, Cooper University Hospital announced a $3 billion expansion which would include several mid-rise towers, construction of which begin in 2025.
The Beacon Building is a proposed 25-story tower adjacent to the Walter Rand Transportation Center.
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey List of tallest buildings in New Jersey List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia List of tallest buildings in Wilmington
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