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

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781592135066)

Vendor: Thomas H. Keels
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Format: Hardcover
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Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City by Keels, Thomas H.

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

$46.50
Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City by Keels, Thomas H.

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

$46.50
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Thomas H. Keels
ISBN-10: 1592135064
ISBN-13: 9781592135066
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.43lbs
Size: 8.22h x 10.38w x 0.90d
By Thomas H. Keels
By Thomas H. Keels
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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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