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Book Synopsis Philadelphia and Its Environs (Classic Reprint) by : George Abishai Woodward
Download or read book Philadelphia and Its Environs (Classic Reprint) written by George Abishai Woodward and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia and Its Environs Even, however, after becoming aware that his cherished water-front must be devoted to business rather than pleasure, he could scarcely have forecast the busy scene which it now presents. Besides the piers and wharves in the extreme lower portion of the city for the accommodation of the coal, oil, and grain industries that are congregated there, a continuous range of slips, wharves, docks, and piers line the Delaware's edge from below Washington Avenue to above Richmond. Delaware Avenue, which runs immediately along the river, presents one of the busiest scenes to be found in the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia and Its Environs, and the Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) by : J. B. Lippincott and Co
Download or read book Philadelphia and Its Environs, and the Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by J. B. Lippincott and Co and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia and Its Environs, and the Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania By E. Lynn Linton, author of Lizzie Lorton, The Girl of the Period, Joshua Davidson, etc. 12mo. Fine cloth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Rand McNally Philadelphia Guide to the City and Environs by : Rand Mcnally And Company
Download or read book Rand McNally Philadelphia Guide to the City and Environs written by Rand Mcnally And Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rand McNally Philadelphia Guide to the City and Environs: With Maps and Illustrations The city, which was formed in 1854 by the merging of 9 districts, I 3 townships, and 6 boroughs, is now divided into 47 wards. In addition to the large number of people resident within the City limits, more than half a million persons whose homes are in the suburbs have business interests in the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Philadelphia and Its Environs written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia and Its Environs: A Guide to the City and Surroundings Of the wider streets of Philadelphia, the leading north and south example is Broad Street, one hundred and thirteen feet wide, and opened fer a length of some twelve miles. It is paved through sev eral miles of its length with sheet asphaltum, and affords a magnifi cent avenue for carriages and processions. East and west through the centre of the city runs Market Street, one hundred feet wide and six miles long, its eastern portion being devoted to heavy wholesale business. Of the remaining wide avenues may be named Spring Garden Street, lined with handsome residences, and the favorite southern driveway to the Park; Fairmount, Girard, and Columbia Avenues; and Diamond Street, the principal northern carriage-road to the Park. Of the business streets, Chestnut and Eighth Streets stand first in retail trade, while Second Street is said to enjoy the distinction of being the longest street continuously lined with stores in the world. The rectangular character of the streets is broken by a few streets which run diagonally, and there has recently been placed on the city plan a diagonal Boulevard, one hundred and sixty feet in width, to run from the City Hall to Fairmount Park, and designed to be lined with buildings of imposing architecture, and to form an avenue of exceptional beauty. Nearly every important street has its passenger railway - horse or cable - modes of propulsion, which are likely soon to be supplanted by electric motors. The total length of street railway is over three hundred miles. The ease of access which this gives to the centre of the city is added to by the railroads, which now run by elevated tracks to the heart of the business section, giving easy and rapid access from the suburban districts to the vicinity of the City Hall. Philadelphia is notably a city of homes. The tenement-house, so common elsewhere, is scarcely known within its precincts, its pre vailing rule being one house for one family. No other city in the world contains so many comfortable single residences, largely owned by their occupants, great numbers of them being neat two-story structures, suitable for artisans, each with its bath-room and other modern conveniences. These houses are, as a rule, of brick, the abundance of brick-clay in the soil of the city making this the cheap est building material. Its long rows of red-brick walls and white marble steps and sills gave the city formerly a very monotonous aspect. Of recent years, however, the architecture in the business and leading residence streets, and in the newer portions of the city, has greatly improved and become much varied, both in materials and style, so that in examples of striking and effective modern archi tecture Philadelphia can now vie with any city in the country. It is no less notable for the great number of. Charitable institutions, de voted to the most varied purposes, within its limits. A perusal of the following pages will show the existence of a multitude of hos pitals, homes, orphanages, asylums, dispensaries, endowed schools, and other establishments partly or wholly supported by charity, which are but the most prominent among a host of such institutions, and speak well for the quality of mercy in the good city of Brotherly Love. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Book Synopsis Philadelphia and Vicinity (Classic Reprint) by : International Congress of Navigation
Download or read book Philadelphia and Vicinity (Classic Reprint) written by International Congress of Navigation and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia and Vicinity About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia by : Wellington Williams
Download or read book A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia written by Wellington Williams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia: Containing Descriptions of All the Objects of Interest in the City and Its Environs, With Views of the Public Buildings The object of the present work is to furnish a short description of all the Public Institutions and Buildings of Philadelphia, as well as to direct the attention of the traveller to such objects as are most likely to interest him, and which the time usually passed by visiters in the city, either on business or pleasure, will enable them to see. Having had some experience ourselves in travel ling, we profess to have some of the feeling of a stranger upon his arrival in a city or place which he for the first time visits, and to enter into his wishes to see as much, and as many of the objects as he can, in the space of time allotted to him. Unless acquainted with some resident, he finds it among the most difficult matters 5 first, to asoer tain what objects ought first to claim his attention, from their interest or importance, provided he cannot see all 5 and next, to know how to obtain access to them. In all cities there is a class of objects, which almost always engage the attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood (Classic Reprint) by : Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Download or read book The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood (Classic Reprint) written by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood Great thanks are due to all who have rendered assist ance by supplying information or granting access to family records and papers. The writers take this occasion to express their deep gratitude and appreciation. They likewise acknowledge their indebtedness to Thomas Allen Glenn's Colonial Mansions for material in the chapter on Graeme Park. They feel, too, that a special note of recognition is due the staff of the Pennsylvania Historical Society for their unfailing courtesy and helpfulness. May the readers have as much pleasure in perusal as the writers had in preparation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Rural Pennsylvania by : Samuel Fitch Hotchkin
Download or read book Rural Pennsylvania written by Samuel Fitch Hotchkin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rural Pennsylvania: In the Vicinity of Philadelphia The son of President Day. Of Yale College. Writes: There are many important. But isolated facts. And a hundred little episodes and anecdotes. Of thrilling interest to the inhabitants of the region where they occurred, which History, in her stately march. Cannot step aside to notice. Short biographical sketches of men distinguished in their own community, but not much known beyond, seldom find an appropriate place in a history of the ordinary form: and vet it is important that they should be preserved.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Rand, McNally and Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs by : William Edward Meehan
Download or read book Rand, McNally and Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs written by William Edward Meehan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rand, McNally and Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs: Including Atlantic City and Cape May Four great railroads have direct entrance into Philadelphia the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Reading, the Baltimore Ohio, and the Lehigh Valley through the trackage of the Reading. The three first named have terminals which for magnificence and comfort are unsurpassed in any other city in the country. All are within the heart of the city, and two are but three or four minutes' walk from most of the chief hotels and many of the greatest business houses. The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, at Broad and Market streets, is a splendid example of modern Gothic architecture. Directly oppo site the new City Hall, its ten stories of granite and brick, with terra cotta trimmings, add materially to the beauty of Philadelphia's chief public building. The main building of the depot has a front age of 306 feet 011 Broad Street, and of 212 on Market. Beneath it runs isth Street, and on the north side, Filbert. Within the depot, on the ground floor, may be found hacks, hansoms, and other vehicles belonging to the company, to take passengers where they will for moderate charges. The train shed of the depot is a marvel of engineering skill, for it is a single span of iron and glass, reaching from Market to Filbert streets, a clear distance of 304 feet. The length of the shed is 600 feet, the height, i46% feet from the rail level, and covers sixteen tracks and wide platforms. The entire area of the shed is nearly five acres. The depot is reached from the west side of the Schuylkill by a handsome iron bridge and nearly five squares of an elevated road built of solid brick arches. More than persons enter and leave the depot by train annually. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Guide to the City of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) by : Rufus C. Hartranft
Download or read book Guide to the City of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) written by Rufus C. Hartranft and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the City of Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts; Academy of Natural Sciences; Adults' Homes; American Philosophical Society; Apprentices' Library; Athenaeum Library; Banks; Base-Ball Clubs (Professional); Benficial Societies; Benevolent and Charitable Institutions; Blockley Almshouse; Boarding Homes; Bridges over the Schuylkill; Business Colleges; Cabs; Carpenters' Hall; Cemeteries; Chestnut and Walnut Streets P. R. R; Children's Home;Clubs;Colleges About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Book Synopsis Reminiscences of Philadelphia During the Past Half Century (Classic Reprint) by : A. Native of Kentucky
Download or read book Reminiscences of Philadelphia During the Past Half Century (Classic Reprint) written by A. Native of Kentucky and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of Philadelphia During the Past Half Century I left Paris, the county-seat of Bourbon county, Kentucky, at eight o'clock, on the evening of the Fourth of January, 1841, and arrived in the city of Philadelphia at eight o'clock on the evening of the Eleventh. The Ohio River being frozen over at the time, the trip was consequently by stage, and consumed seven days and nights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Our Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) by : Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Download or read book Our Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Philadelphia To-day, when it is the American born in the Ghetto, or Syria, or some other remote part of the earth, whose recollections are prized, it may seem as if the following pages called for an apology. I have none to make. They were written simply for the pleasure of gathering to gether my old memories of a town that, as my native place, is dear to me and my new impressions of it after an absence of a quarter of a century. But now I have finished I add to this pleasure in my book the pleasant belief that it will have its value for others, if only for two reasons. In the first place, J.'s drawings which illustrate it are his record of the old Philadelphia that has passed and the new Philadelphia that is passing - a record that in a few years it will be impossible for anybody to make, so con tinually is Philadelphia changing. In the second, my story of Philadelphia, perfect or imperfect, may in as short a time be equally impossible for anybody to repeat, since I am one of those old-fashioned Americans, Ameri can by birth with many generations of American fore fathers, who are rapidly becoming rare creatures among the hordes of new-fashioned Americans who were any thing and everything else no longer than a year or a week. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Rand, McNally Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs by :
Download or read book Rand, McNally Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rand, McNally Co; 'S Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs: Including Atlantic City and Cape May; With Maps and Illustrations Four great railroads have direct entrance into Philadelphia - the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Reading, the Baltimore Ohio, and the Lehigh Valley - which has through car service by the Reading. The three first named have terminals which for magnificence and comfort are unsurpassed in any other city in the country. All are within the heart of the city, and two are but three or four minutes walk from most of the chief hotels and many of the greatest business houses. The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, at Broad and Market streets, is a splendid example of modern Gothic architecture. Directly opposite the new City Hall, its eleven stories of granite and brick, with terra cotta trimmings, add materially to the beauty of Philadelphia's chief public building. The main building of the depot has a frontage of 306 feet on Broad Street, and of 212 on Market. Beneath it runs Fifteenth Street, and on the north side, Filbert. Trains enter and depart from this station over an elevated viaduct of solid brick arches, reaching nearly five squares west to the steel bridge over the Schuylkill. They run into the largest railroad train-shed in the world, not excepting anything of like construction in this country, or the St. Pancras, or other huge terminals, in London. It covers an area 707 feet long, 307 feet wide, and is 140 feet in height; the main arches have a clear span of 294 feet at track level, and a clear height of 141 feet. The entire structure, with its 60,000,000 pounds of iron, presents the appearance of a gigantic sun parlor, for its extensive roof is largely composed of translucent glass in iron frames. The glass in the roof alone would cover an area of one and three-quarters acres. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia as It Is, and Citizens' Advertising Directory by :
Download or read book Philadelphia as It Is, and Citizens' Advertising Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia as It Is, and Citizens' Advertising Directory: Containing a General Description of the City and Environs, List of Officers, Public Institutions, and Other Useful Information Banks, Insurance Companies, Miscellaneous Companies, Girard Legacy, Scott's Legacy, Wills' Legacy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia by : George Edward Vickers
Download or read book Philadelphia written by George Edward Vickers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia: The Story of an American City Retired April, 1893. (18) Succeeding Dr. C. W. Karsner, who retired April, 1893. (19) Succeeding Rudolph E. Rake, who retired April, 1893. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia by : George Erazmus Nitzsche
Download or read book Philadelphia written by George Erazmus Nitzsche and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia: Guide to the City Philadelphia, or. City of Brotherly Love, sometimes called the Quaker Fity, is the most historic city in America. It was founded in by Penn, an English Quaker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia by : Henry Graham Ashmead
Download or read book Philadelphia written by Henry Graham Ashmead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Philadelphia: The Birthplace of the Nation, the Pivot of Industry, the City of Homes It is fitting, however, in a few words to group those things for which Philadelphia is prominent in the history of the State, nation and the world. She is the eldest of the trio of great cities of modern times that were named and platted before their birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
