Philadelphia Architecture

by Thom Nickels

Overview

Philadelphia is a city of Colonial and ghostly architecture with narrow historic streets that open up onto vistas of bold, towering skyscrapers. It is a city of Greek Revival banks, Italian Renaissance, and Second Empire buildings, a city of Beaux-Arts hotels, Byzantine and Gothic churches, and International-style high-rises. A hybrid of gritty Chicago and pristine Boston, Philadelphia stands alone, an aristocrat in bib overalls, as a livable, intimate city of neighborhoods and luxurious townhouses, of hidden treasures and spectacular surprises. Philadelphia Architecture, a walk through Philadelphia streets past and present, highlights the richness and diversity of the city�s architectural history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439632420
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/19/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	51 MB
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About the Author

Thom Nickels is a journalist, poet, and author of eight books, including Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia and Manayunk. The lifelong Philadelphia resident is a contributing editor for the Weekly Press and is the architecture critic for Philadelphia�s Metro.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	6
	Introduction	7
1	Old Philadelphia	11
2	Streetscapes and Houses	53
3	The Modern Houses and Beyond	101