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 ...
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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.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. A heavy item: non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire before ordering. Hardcover with mint green paper over boards and grey 1/4-binding, in green jacket with photo of Giant Liberty Bell to front, oblong 10 1/2" x 8 1/4". ix + 309pp. + note on author. Index, bibliography, endnotes. NF. Light stress waves throughout volume with no creases, primarily evident on upper and lower margins; prev. owner's bookplate front pastedown. Book and jacket are otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket in Brodart.
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Fine in fine jacket. Later printing (number line begins with a 2 and ends with a 3), 2007. Oblong hardcover in dust jacket, 309 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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