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Download or read book PHILADELPHIA, PA AND SUBURBS. written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David R. Contosta
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814205801
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Suburb in the City written by David R. Contosta and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Suburb in the City, David Contosta tells the story of how Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, once a small milling and farming town, evolved to become both a suburban enclave for wealthy Philadelphians and a part of the city itself." "In 1854, the railroad connected Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill and the village was annexed by the city. Attuned to the romantic currents of the age, the wealthy men and women who moved to Chestnut Hill believed that the village's semi-rural surroundings might uplift them physically, spiritually, emotionally, and morally. At the same time, they wanted to continue to enjoy the best that the city had to offer while escaping from its more unpleasant aspects: dirt, crime, disease, and other shortcomings. They thus cultivated a dual identity with both suburb and city." "Ironically, this led to a sense of division as prosperous suburbanites held themselves aloof from the resident shopkeepers and domestic servants who provided so many of their creature comforts. Being a suburb in the city also meant that Chestnut Hill could not control its political destiny, as communities outside the municipal limits could. In response, residents developed a number of civic organizations that became a sort of quasi government." "Contosta's study of Chestnut Hill thus illuminates the divided and often ambivalent feelings that Americans hold about their great cities. He includes anecdotes gleaned from dozens of interviews with men and women of many backgrounds - lawyers, nuns, debutantes, grocers, craftsmen, and former servants - who tell of their lives in Chestnut Hill. More than one hundred photographs, many never before published, further enliven this analysis of suburban America."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : the Map People ADC
Publisher : ADC The Map People
ISBN 13 : 9780875304359
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia PA and Suburbs written by the Map People ADC and published by ADC The Map People. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folding map with street level detail showing ZIP Codes, block numbers, schools, hospitals, shopping centers, points of interest, parks and more. Fully indexed. Includes Philadelphia, Bryn Athyn, Conshohocken, Media, Norristown, Swarthmore and more. SEPTA map and center city map shown.
Author : ADC, the Map People Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875308142
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia and Suburbs, PA Pocket Map written by ADC, the Map People Staff and published by . This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beth Lennon
Publisher : Retro Roadbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780998090832
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Retro Roadmap Roadbook - written by Beth Lennon and published by Retro Roadbooks. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mod Betty's guide to cool vintage places, good eats and retro fun, in Philadelphia!
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Living and Commuting in the Suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : West Chester, Pa. Board of trade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book West Chester, Pennsylvania written by West Chester, Pa. Board of trade and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oliver P. Williams
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512809756
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Suburban Differences and Metropolitan Policies written by Oliver P. Williams and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of the metropolitan complex as the characteristic urban form in the United States has raised the question of the adequacy of traditional local governments to cope with changed local conditions. Most studies on this subject have focused on the attempts by suburbs to achieve metropolitan forms of government, stressing the interdependence of local units of government and the resulting need for integrative governments to formulate and execute area-wide policies. This book takes note of the failures of the metropolitan governmental proposals and turns attention to the forces for decentralization in the government of metropolitan areas. In other words, this is a study of the forces for independence—the values that impel local units to cherish and protect their separate identities. It seeks to describe these values not as sentiments, but as actual public policies realized through the actions of local governments. Specifically, it analyzes the way in which local municipal and school fiscal policies and the patterns of inter-local cooperative arrangements reflect the discrete circumstances of the individual suburbs. The locus of the study is the Philadelphia area, but its findings will be of interest to a national as well as a local audience. Approximately 300 municipalities are covered in the analysis. The findings of the study are discussed for their implications for future changes in the governing of metropolitan areas. Although scholarly in its approach to urban problems, this empirical study has been written in a way that will make it understandable and valuable to the lay reader. It is illustrated with maps and charts, and includes a lengthy statistical appendix.
Author : Carolyn Adams
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781566390781
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia written by Carolyn Adams and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia is a patchwork of the political and economic changes dating back to 1683. Having been re-created repeatedly, each era of the city's development includes elements of the past. In this book, the authors describe the city's evolution into a post-industrial metropolis of old communities and newly expended neighborhoods, in which remnants of 19th-century industries can be seen in today's residential areas. This book explores a wide range of issues impacting upon Philadelphia's post-industrial economy--trends in housing and homelessness, the business community, job distribution, a disintegrating political structure, and increased racial, class, and neighborhood conflict. The authors examine the growth of the service sector, the disparity in the city's urban renewal program that has enriched center city but left most neighborhoods in need, and they evaluate the realistic prospects for regional solutions to some of the problems facing Philadelphia and its suburbs. Author note: Carolyn Adams teaches in the Geography and Urban Studies Department at Temple University. David Bartelt teaches at the Institute for Public Policy Studies at Temple University. David Elesh is Professor of Sociology, Temple University. Ira Goldstein teaches at the Institute for Public Policy Studies, Temple University. Nancy Kleniewski teaches Sociology at State University of New York, Geneseo. William Yancey is Professor of Sociology, Temple University.
Author : William Alan Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Main Line written by William Alan Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Main Line is the suburban region northwest of Philadelphia synonomous with quiet wealth & exclusivity. This book records the efforts to establish the region as the paradigm of aristocratic country life in America & documents the evolution of the American country dwelling from Victorian gargoyle to domestic ideal.
Author : Gus Spector
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738557441
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia Neighborhoods written by Gus Spector and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a compendium of historic views of the major residential sections of Philadelphia, presents a snapshot into the past when old neighborhoods were not so old and when currently established ones were as yet new construction. Through the medium of postcards, readers are invited back to an era before automobiles dominated the streets, before many city roads were paved, and when the local grocery store was not located in a mall. Using chapters divided into subsections that detail the various regions of North, South, Southwest, and West Philadelphia, as well as the "new" Northeast Philadelphia, the author chronicles the vibrant, diverse communities that have helped shape the city's rich history.
Author : Samuel Fitch Hotchkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Rural Pennsylvania in the Vicinity of Philadelphia written by Samuel Fitch Hotchkin and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dianne Harris
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822977826
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Second Suburb written by Dianne Harris and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carved from eight square miles of Bucks County farmland northeast of Philadelphia, Levittown, Pennsylvania, is a symbol of postwar suburbia and the fulfillment of the American Dream. Begun in 1952, after the completion of an identically named community on Long Island, the second Levittown soon eclipsed its New York counterpart in scale and ambition, yet it continues to live in the shadow of its better-known sister and has received limited scholarly attention. Second Suburb uncovers the unique story of Levittown, Pennsylvania, and its significance to American social, architectural, environmental, and political history. The volume offers a fascinating profile of this planned community in two parts. The first examines Levittown from the inside, including oral histories of residents recalling how Levittown shaped their lives. One such reminiscence is by Daisy Myers, part of the first African American family to move to the community, only to become the targets of a race riot that would receive international publicity. The book also includes selections from the syndicated comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, in which Bill Griffith reflects on the angst-ridden trials of growing up in a Levittown, and an extensive photo essay of neighborhood homes, schools, churches, parks, and swimming pools, collected by Dianne Harris. The second part of the book views Levittown from the outside. Contributors consider the community's place in planning and architectural history and the Levitts' strategies for the mass production of housing. Other chapters address the class stratification of neighborhood sections through price structuring; individual attempts to personalize a home's form and space as a representation of class and identity; the builders' focus on the kitchen as the centerpiece of the home and its greatest selling point; the community's environmental and ecological legacy; racist and exclusionary sales policies; resident activism during the gas riots of 1979; and "America's lost Eden." Bringing together some of the top scholars in architectural history, American studies, and landscape studies, Second Suburb explores the surprisingly rich interplay of design, technology, and social response that marks the emergence and maturation of an exceptionally potent rendition of the American Dream.
Author : Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood written by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : West Chester (Pa ) Board of Trade
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781376615111
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)
Download or read book West Chester, Pennsylvania written by West Chester (Pa ) Board of Trade and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Population and Housing Trends, 1970 Census written by Philadelphia City Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elsie F. Keeley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964856806
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (568 download)
Download or read book Racism Under Cover in the Suburbs written by Elsie F. Keeley and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
