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Book Synopsis Philadelphia's Broad Street by : Robert Morris Skaler
Download or read book Philadelphia's Broad Street written by Robert Morris Skaler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1860s, Broad Street formed the western edge of downtown Philadelphia and was little more than railroad tracks and train depots. However, with the building of Philadelphia City Hall in the 1870s, Broad Street rapidly developed into one of the city's premier streets. Rows of mansions sprung up south of Spruce Street, and the area north of Spruce became known as "hotel row." Four-story brownstones lined both sides of North Broad Street, interspersed with the mansions and gardens of the nouveau riche and punctuated by clubs, theaters, schools, churches, and synagogues. Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North is the first photographic history devoted exclusively to Broad Street in its "gilded age." These vintage images provide a vivid reminder, if one is needed, of how dramatically the street has changed in the last one hundred years.
Download or read book Broad Street written by Youcef Aissi and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jewish Community Around North Broad Street by : Allen Meyers
Download or read book The Jewish Community Around North Broad Street written by Allen Meyers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cradle of Jewish life in Philadelphia began with the establishment of the first synagogue, Mikveh Israel, in 1740. With the influx of many German Jews in the 1840s, the community expanded above Spring Garden Street into the Northern Liberties neighborhood. Urban settlement of Philadelphia's Jewish population during the last quarter of the nineteenth century shifted to North Broad Street when the economy improved for the city's residents after the Civil War. North Broad Street soon boasted two elegantly designed synagogues and the newly relocated Jewish Hospital from West Philadelphia.The Jewish Community around North Broad Street weaves the tale of the Jewish community in this part of Philadelphia through a collection of rare and stunning images. The construction of the North Broad Street subway in the 1920s and the row house Jewish community known as Logan are parts of this story. The development of business districts led to a more cohesive north and northwest Jewish community that allowed for satellite Jewish enclaves to flourish, complete with their own synagogues, bakeries, kosher meat markets, and hundreds of other shops that served the general population. In the 1950s, new neighborhoods, such as Mount Airy and West Oak Lane, alleviated an acute housing shortage at a time when 110,000 Jews lived in north-central and northwest Philadelphia.
Book Synopsis Market Street, Philadelphia by : Joseph Jackson
Download or read book Market Street, Philadelphia written by Joseph Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book South Broad Street, Philadelphia written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Becoming Philadelphia by : Inga Saffron
Download or read book Becoming Philadelphia written by Inga Saffron and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Inga Saffron has served as the premier chronicler of Philadelphia's transformation as it emerged from a half century of decline. Becoming Philadelphia collects the best of Saffron's work, as she explores the tangled intersections of design, politics, and money at the heart of the city's resurgence.
Download or read book Broad Street written by Christine Weiser and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis West Philadelphia by : Robert Morris Skaler
Download or read book West Philadelphia written by Robert Morris Skaler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many neighborhoods west of the Schuylkill River across from William Penn's "Quaker City" were distinctly rural until 1860, when horsecar lines first crossed the river. The area soon became home to wealthy businessmen who built elegant mansions and villas in University City and Powelton Village. West Philadelphia's growth accelerated northward into Belmont and Parkside-Girard after the 1876 Centennial Exposition and westward into Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, and Walnut Hill in the 1890s with the introduction of electric trolley lines. West Philadelphia: University City to 52nd Street is the first photographic history of the area in the last one hundred years. Images of the typical, modest West Philadelphia row houses, which slowly took over the open farmland after the Market Street Elevated opened in 1907, tell the story of how Philadelphia became known as the "City of Homes." Countless, rarely seen photographs of the streets where people lived and worked fill this extraordinary history.
Book Synopsis Drawing Toward Building by : James F. O'Gorman
Download or read book Drawing Toward Building written by James F. O'Gorman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Oct. 9, 1986-Jan. 4, 1987.
Book Synopsis America's Most Historic Highway, Market Street, Philadelphia by : Joseph Jackson
Download or read book America's Most Historic Highway, Market Street, Philadelphia written by Joseph Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philadelphia's Old Ballparks by : Rich Westcott
Download or read book Philadelphia's Old Ballparks written by Rich Westcott and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia's rich baseball heritage as seen through its baseball parks is vividly brought to life in this colorful and anecdotal book. Experienced sportswriter Rich Westcott once again dives into a labor of love, taking us back in time to an era when Philadelphia's ballparks were as famous and as much a part of the game as the teams that took the field. Philadelphia's baseball history goes beyond Shibe Park. Philadelphia's Old Ballparksis both a documentary and an oral history, providing detailed descriptions of all of the old professional parks and the many teams that played in them, including Baker Bowl, with its right field wall so close to home plate, it prompted sportswriter Red Smith to quip, "It might be exaggerating to say the outfield wall casts a shadow across the infield. But if the right fielder had eaten onions at lunch, the second baseman knew it." Shibe Park is also well-documented with its idiosyncracies, as are the others. The recollections of dozens of people--players, owners, vendors, ushers, grounds keepers, and fans combine to recreate the world that was held within those walls. Author note: Rich Westcotthas served as a writer and editor on the staffs of a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas during his 35 years in publishing. He is the publisher and editor of Phillies Report.He is the author of six books, including The New Phillies Encyclopedia(Temple), with Frank Bilovsky; Phillies '93, An Incredible Season(Temple); Diamond Greats;and Masters of the Diamond.
Download or read book Broad Street written by Tom Dwyer and published by . This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the streets of Philadelphia, a handful of vibrant characters must come to terms with their demons, secrets, wants, and fears. From the million dollar homes of the Main Line to the back room social clubs of South Philly, justice must be dealt even as salvation moves like music up Broad Street.
Author :The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia Publisher :Red Wheel/Weiser ISBN 13 :9780738544922 Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (449 download)
Book Synopsis Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century by : The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Download or read book Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century written by The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia, as laid out in the 1680s, extended from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River and from Vine Street to South Street, an area known today as Center City. As its population grew, the settled areas expanded westward from the Delaware River beyond early important landmarks such as Christ Church, the Pennsylvania State House, and Pennsylvania Hospital. By the mid-19th century, commercial, religious, and cultural institutions arose along Broad Street, and exclusive residential neighborhoods developed even farther west in areas previously undeveloped or used as industrial sites. Bustling shopping districts anchored by stores such as Wanamaker's Grand Depot and Strawbridge and Clothier ran for blocks along Chestnut and Market Streets. Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century highlights the buildings, people, and activities of this area from the 1840s until the end of the century.
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 . This book was released on 1846 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis BROAD STREET, PENN SQUARE, AND THE PARK by :
Download or read book BROAD STREET, PENN SQUARE, AND THE PARK written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New Picture of Philadelphia by : Henry Schenck Tanner
Download or read book A New Picture of Philadelphia written by Henry Schenck Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
