Walking Philadelphia

Author : Natalie Pompilio
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781643590905

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Walking Philadelphia by Natalie Pompilio Pdf

Explore the most interesting, scenic, and historic places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, via 30 self-guided walking tours. From Broad Street to Independence National Park, from Manayunk to the Delaware River, the City of Brotherly Love is one of the world’s most fascinating places to explore. Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Local author Natalie Pompilio guides you through 30 unique walking tours in this comprehensive book. Walking Philadelphia makes you feel like you’re being led by your closest friend as you soak up the architecture, trivia, and more. The tours include important historic facts, as well as Natalie’s behind-the-scenes stories and tidbits. Plus, Tricia Pompilio’s photography brings these walking tours to life. Find vintage boutiques and high-end shopping destinations. Try restaurants that showcase famed fare (like cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, and beer that make Philadelphia a foodies’ paradise). Discover Philadelphia’s many firsts: the first zoo, first library system, and first hospital—plus dozens of historic sites that you learned about in school. Explore a Museum District that’s second to none, an all-encompassing park system, and much more. Book Features 30 self-guided tours through the City of Brotherly Love America’s Most Historic Square Mile, one of the country’s liveliest and most lived-in urban centers Unique and surprising stories about people, places, and things Whether you’re looking for the Mural Mile in Center City or the historically modern charm of Society Hill, Walking Philadelphia will get you there. Find a route that appeals to you, and walk Philly!

Author : Roger Hutchinson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780857905598

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Walking to America by Roger Hutchinson Pdf

Walking To America follows and recreates the immense journey, in search of a new life and of a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of their number. The journey was taken largely on foot by a small working-class family unit from England in the 1880s, to Liverpool, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and back again. Written as travelogue and as a history of one of the great neglected subjects - the New World immigrants who returned home to the Old, Walking to America is a personal tale, full of characterisation and human stories, based upon received lore, followed footsteps and careful historical research.An epic, covering thousands of miles and cultures and environments as diverse as the Victorian UK coalfields, the great imperial entrepot of Liverpool, the post-bellum American south, roaring 1880s New Orleans, the stew of the free-for-all Pittsburgh mines, Texas in the wake of the Alamo, the unclaimed Indian Territory of North America and the ultimate frontier of the Petrified Forest in Arizona - all seen through the eyes of a small group of identifiable and sympathetic, real and ordinary men, women and children from the north-east of England. Walking to America is a great and gripping adventure of discovery, hope and loss. And it is all true.

Author : Edward Colimore
Publisher : Camino Books Incorporated
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1933822031

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The Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia by Edward Colimore Pdf

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia takes history buffs on twelve walking tours through different city neighborhoods, visiting buildings, streets, gardens, and parks that remain testaments to Philadelphia's historic past. Arranged to help readers follow a logical path from site to site, the book includes maps, information about which sites can be toured, and tips on parking, public transportation, and nearby restaurants.

Author : Danny Korman,Katie Meyer
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899977225

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Walking Cincinnati by Danny Korman,Katie Meyer Pdf

Walking Cincinnati by Danny Korman and Katie Meyer is the first book in decades for local history fanatics and adventurers wanting a more hands-on approach to Cincinnati history and culture. This guide literally walks readers through the city's renowned historical, architectural, and culinary sites. The unique character comes alive through Walking Cincinnati's focus on human-interest, and gives the readers surprise after surprise in its 32 walks. Never before has such an extensive book been written that highlights not only the architecture, art, and food, but also touches upon Greater Cincinnati’s darker side. Tales and locations of crimes, hauntings, illegal casinos, mob bosses, and brothels will astonish readers and unveil secrets of the city that have long been overlooked by traditional local history books.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : NYPL:33433082065628

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Catalogue of the Ohio State Library by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ohio State Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082978050

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Catalogue of the Ohio State Library by Ohio State Library Pdf

Author : Gary Yanker,Kathy Burton
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000024218771

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Walking Medicine by Gary Yanker,Kathy Burton Pdf

The lifetime guide to preventive and therapeutic exercisewalking programs.

Author : Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Canals
ISBN : NWU:35556040916280

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Annual Report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania and of the Tabulations and Deductions from the Reports of the Railroad, Canal, & Telegraph Companies for the Year ... by Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General Pdf

Author : Pennsylvania
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Legislative journals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117328166

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Legislative Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania During the Session of ... by Pennsylvania Pdf

Author : Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Canals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128487993

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Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs by Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs Pdf

Author : Bruce Buschel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416546214

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Walking Broad by Bruce Buschel Pdf

Wedged between the hustle of New York and the grandeur of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia is America's smallest big city, America's biggest small city, and America's most American city. It is also a city in flux. Bruce Buschel is a native Philadelphian who revisits his hometown and, in doing so, revisits his personal history and the city's complex identity. Buschel was born on Broad Street, his father died on Broad Street; he flunked out of college, sold cameras, and purchased drugs on Broad Street; he wrote for a newspaper on Broad Street, touched JFK's left hand on Broad Street, and met his second wife when she worked on Broad Street. On his thirteen-mile walk down the boulevard, Buschel talks to everyone from the old Italian tailor down the corner from the Chinese Mennonite pastor to the Jewish funeral home director across the street from Bilal, the Muslim restaurateur. On Broad Street, he finds livestock just a few steps from Joe Frazier's gym. The newly dubbed "Gayborhood" is just a stone's throw from the home of the heartbreaking Eagles. A world-class ballet rehearses at the Rock School while outcast rockers practice at the Paul Green School. The gas station attendant on Broad Street may be a recent immigrant, but he has already adopted the brusque manners and terse responses of a fourth-generation Philadelphian. Naturally, William Penn oversees the whole insecure, glorious mess from his perch atop City Hall. After 9/11, Americans were drawn to Philly's authenticity and history. After decades of decay, something positive is happening, and dyspeptic Philadelphians are trying to adjust. A lot has changed since Buschel grew up there, but he hasn't managed to shake the attitudes instilled in childhood -- mere mention of the '64 Phillies (and one of the greatest collapses in baseball history) still stings. He has retained his irreverent sense of humor, his distrust of authority, his ambivalence about New York, his disdain for New Jersey, and, above all, his sense of loyalty -- if not outright love -- for his native city.

Author : Wabash College. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UIUC:30112113446550

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Catalogue of the Library of Wabash College ... by Wabash College. Library Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498520

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439919248

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Real Philly History, Real Fast by Jim Murphy Pdf

"An alternative, history-focused guidebook to a selection of Philadelphia's heroes and notable places"--

Author : Edward Colimore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1680980319

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The Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia by Edward Colimore Pdf

Philadelphia--where more than three centuries of history come alive--is not one but several cities and you can experience all of them if you know where to look. Tucked amid the glass-and-steel skyscrapers stand the brick-and-mortar buildings of the colonial and Federal periods as well as blocks of homes from the Civil War Era and the Age of Victoria. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia takes history buffs on twelve walking tours through different city neighborhoods, visiting venerable buildings, quaint cobblestone streets, tiny courtyard gardens, magnificent parks, and out-of-the-way places that were part of the city's storied past. Arranged to help readers follow a logical path from site to site, the book includes maps, information about which sites can be toured, and tips on parking, public transportation, and nearby restaurants.