Irene Shaw dreaded early Monday mornings, the start of another endless workweek. She stared out of her law office window located at the peak of an architectural chevron at One Liberty Place. One Liberty Place became the city’s first skyscraper at 945 feet when finished in 1987. The high-rise’s smaller sibling, Two Liberty Place, topped off at 848 feet in 1990. Both defied the rule to not build anything taller than the 548-foot Philadelphia City Hall.
