Camden, New Jersey is located on the Delaware River in the Delaware Valley/Philadelphia metropolitan area in the US. At , a tower of the

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is the tallest structure in the city.

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, at , has been the tallest building in the city since 1931. Several buildings of the

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(which became part of RCA Victor in 1929) dot the city's skyline, which also includes late 20th century residential high-rises. Proposals to build two towers of and on the waterfront were unveiled in September 2015.

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In May 2013 the

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announced that it would seek developers for the site of the demolished Riverfront State Prison just north of the Central Waterfront and the

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,

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announced they would add an attraction adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium, a , 25-story observation tower ride with a

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and

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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 A gyro tower, or panoramic tower, is a revolving observation tower with a vertical moving platform. A gyro tower's observation deck is not simply raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it is also rotated around the supporting mast ...

and

, in the city's entertainment district on the

Camden Waterfront The Camden Waterfront, also known as the Central Waterfront, is a commercial and entertainment district in Camden, New Jersey, on the Delaware River south of the Ben Franklin Bridge and north of Port of Camden. The district is characterized by it ...

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,

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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 Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known a ...

. Called Camden Towers it all include an 18-story building the waterfront. Construction began in 2017.

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