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Author : Harry G. Kyriakodis
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1540206246
Author : Harry Kyriakodis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625841889
The wharves and docks of William Penn's city that helped build a nation are gone lost to the onslaught of over 300 years of development. Yet the bygone streets and piers of Philadelphia's central waterfront were once part of the greatest trade center in the American colonies. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district from Quaker settlers who first lived in caves along the Delaware and the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1793 to its heyday as a maritime center and then the twentieth century that saw much of the historic riverfront razed. Join Kyriakodis as he strolls Front Street, Delaware Avenue, and Penn's Landing to rediscover the story of Philadelphia's lost waterfront.
Author : Inga Saffron
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781978817074
Over the past two decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Inga Saffron has served as the premier chronicler of Philadelphia's transformation as it emerged from a half century of decline. Becoming Philadelphia collects the best of Saffron's work, as she explores the tangled intersections of design, politics, and money at the heart of the city's resurgence.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bob Frump
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030149900
Author : Paul Kahan
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512826302
Philadelphia is famous for its colonial and revolutionary buildings and artifacts, which draw tourists from far and wide to gain a better understanding of the nation’s founding. Philadelphians, too, value these same buildings and artifacts for the stories they tell about their city. But Philadelphia existed long before the Liberty Bell was first rung, and its history extends well beyond the American Revolution.In Philadelphia: A Narrative History, Paul Kahan presents a comprehensive portrait of the city, from the region’s original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents in the twenty-first century. As any history of Philadelphia should, this book chronicles the people and places that make the city unique: from Independence Hall to Eastern State Penitentiary, Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross to Cecil B. Moore and Cherelle Parker. Kahan also shows us how Philadelphia has always been defined by ethnic, religious, and racial diversity—from the seventeenth century, when Dutch, Swedes, and Lenapes lived side by side along the Delaware; to the nineteenth century, when the city was home to a vibrant community of free Black and formerly enslaved people; to the twentieth century, when it attracted immigrants from around the world. This diversity, however, often resulted in conflict, especially over access to public spaces. Those two themes— diversity and conflict— have shaped Philadelphia’s development and remain visible in the city’s culture, society, and even its geography. Understanding Philadelphia’s past, Kahan says, is key to envisioning future possibilities for the City of Brotherly Love.
Author : Thom Nickels
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781625859518
Author Thom Nickels presents the city's most iconic homes and the stories behind them. Philadelphia's grand mansions and architectural treasures reflect its iconic status in American history, for each Greek Revival home and Corinthian column tells a compelling story of the people behind it. Historic Strawberry Mansion in North Philadelphia was home to Judge William Lewis, a Patriot who defended colonists accused of treason and was Aaron Burr's defense lawyer. Socialite, millionaire and world-renowned art collector Henry McIlhenny made his home at Rittenhouse Square and left his art collection to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Famed architect Addison Mizner's Spanish Colonial Revival house La Ronda brought the stark contrast of South Florida to Philadelphia.
Author : Harry Kyriakodis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237488
Since the time of William Penn, the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties has had a tradition of hard work and innovation. This former Leni-Lenape territory became one of the industrial River Wards of North Philadelphia after being annexed by the city in 1854. The district's mills and factories were powered not just by the Delaware River and its tributaries but also by immigrants from across Europe and the city's largest community of free African Americans. The Liberties' diverse narrative, however, was marred by political and social problems, such as the anti-Irish Nativist Riots of 1844. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis traces over three hundred years of the district's evolution, from its rise as a premier manufacturing precinct to the destruction of much of the original cityscape in the 1960s and its subsequent rebirth as an eclectic and vibrant urban neighborhood. In this first history of Northern Liberties, Kyriakodis unearths the story of this remarkable riverside community.
Author : Diane Sicotte
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813574226
Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation: neighborhoods littered with abandoned waste sites, polluting factories, and smoke-belching incinerators. However, other neighborhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This eye-opening book reveals that such environmental inequalities did not occur by chance, but were instead the result of specific policy decisions that served to exacerbate endemic classism and racism. From Workshop to Waste Magnet presents Philadelphia’s environmental history as a bracing case study in mismanagement and injustice. Sociologist Diane Sicotte digs deep into the city’s past as a titan of American manufacturing to trace how only a few communities came to host nearly all of the area’s polluting and waste disposal land uses. By examining the complex interactions among economic decline, federal regulations, local politics, and shifting ethnic demographics, she not only dissects what went wrong in Philadelphia but also identifies lessons for environmental justice activism today. Sicotte’s research tallies both the environmental and social costs of industrial pollution, exposing the devastation that occurs when mass quantities of society’s wastes mix with toxic levels of systemic racism and economic inequality. From Workshop to Waste Magnet is a compelling read for anyone concerned with the health of America’s cities and the people who live in them.
Author : Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
ISBN : IND:30000087158642
Author : Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130071975
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031056195
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bridges
ISBN : UCAL:B5133234
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Conveyancing
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045146631
Considers. S. 2210, to convey to the City of Philadelphia property and facilities of Philadelphia Army Base. S. 1373 and identical H.R. 5888, to convey title, land and facilities of the E Street Annex of the Boston Naval Shipyard to the Massachusetts Port Authority.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Construction
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Military bases
ISBN : LOC:00100763370