Forgotten Philadelphia : lost architecture of the Quaker city / Thomas H. Keels.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Keels, Thomas H.

Contributor:

• Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lost architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Historic buildings.
• Lost architecture.
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Buildings.
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Physical Description:

309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

Summary:

How does a landmark become, after just a few generations, a landfill?& In Forgotten Philadelphia, Thomas Keels takes the reader through a lavishly illustrated journey through three centuries of Philadelphia's architecture: what was built, how the public perceived the value of certain buildings, and why those buildings were eventually demolished.& In writing that celebrates Philadelphia past without ever being sentimental, Keels describes a city that was always reinventing itself, filled with people who always had a very measured view of the worth and beauty of its public architecture.

Contents:

• Penn's green country town (1682 to 1775)
• Athens of America (1776 to 1820)
• City in transition (1821 to 1860)
• Workshop of the world (1861 to 1900)
• The consumer city (1901 to 1940)
• Renaissance and retrenchment (1940 to the present)
• Projected Philadelphia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

ISBN:

• 9781592135066
• 1592135064

OCLC:

174144398

Online:

• Contributor biographical information
• The Benjamin Franklin Library Fund Home Page