Philadelphia's lost waterfront / Harry Kyriakodis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyriakodis, Harry G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--United States--History.

Transportation.

Historic sites.

Waterfronts.

History.

United States.

Waterfronts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Historic buildings.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Historic sites--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History.

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Buildings.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781609493714

1609493710

OCLC:

723142536