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by saalweachter 4036 days ago
The Empire State Building was completed in one year and 45 days ... with 7 million man-hours of labor. Given 2000 man-hours in a work-year, that is 3100 people employed full time building the Empire State Building.

I would be surprised if the buildings you're thinking of in Philadelphia are employing even a tenth of that full time, continuously.