Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

by Thomas H. Keels
Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

by Thomas H. Keels

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Overview

How does a landmark become, after just a few generations, a landfill?  In Forgotten Philadelphia, Thomas Keels takes the reader through a lavishly illustrated journey through three centuries of Philadelphia's architecture: what was built, how the public perceived the value of certain buildings, and why those buildings were eventually demolished.  In writing that celebrates Philadelphia past without ever being sentimental, Keels describes a city that was always reinventing itself, filled with people who always had a very measured view of the worth and beauty of its public architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781592135066
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 09/15/2007
Series: Asian American History and Cultu Ser.
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Thomas H. Keels is a local writer and historian.  He is the author of Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries and co-author of Chestnut Hill.
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