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Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront

2011-07-21 History
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Release : 2011-07-21
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Book Synopsis Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront by : Harry Kyriakodis

Download or read book Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront written by Harry Kyriakodis. This book was released on 2011-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Harry Kyriakodis as he strolls Front Street, Delaware Avenue, and Penn's Landing to rediscover the story of Philadelphia's lost waterfront. The wharves and docks of William Penn's city that helped build a nation are gone lost to the onslaught of over 300 years of development. Yet the bygone streets and piers of Philadelphia's central waterfront were once part of the greatest tradecenter in the American colonies. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district from Quaker settlers who first lived in caves along the Delaware and the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1793 to its heyday as a maritime center and then the twentieth century that saw much of the historic riverfront razed.

A History of Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront

2011-07 History
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Release : 2011-07
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A History of Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront by : Harry G. Kyriakodis

Download or read book A History of Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront written by Harry G. Kyriakodis. This book was released on 2011-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northern Liberties

2012-10-30 History
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Release : 2012-10-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Northern Liberties by : Harry Kyriakodis

Download or read book Northern Liberties written by Harry Kyriakodis. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the time of William Penn, the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties has had a tradition of hard work and innovation. This former Leni-Lenape territory became one of the industrial River Wards of North Philadelphia after being annexed by the city in 1854. The district's mills and factories were powered not just by the Delaware River and its tributaries but also by immigrants from across Europe and the city's largest community of free African Americans. The Liberties' diverse narrative, however, was marred by political and social problems, such as the anti-Irish Nativist Riots of 1844. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis traces over three hundred years of the district's evolution, from its rise as a premier manufacturing precinct to the destruction of much of the original cityscape in the 1960s and its subsequent rebirth as an eclectic and vibrant urban neighborhood. In this first history of Northern Liberties, Kyriakodis unearths the story of this remarkable riverside community.

The Grid and the River

2016 Architecture
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Release : 2016
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis The Grid and the River by : Elizabeth Milroy

Download or read book The Grid and the River written by Elizabeth Milroy. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays examining how patterns of use and attitudes to green spaces within Penn's city plan and along the Schuylkill informed notions of place from the time of Philadelphia's founding to the formation of the modern Fairmount Park system in the mid-19th century"--Provided by publisher.

Philadelphia

2013 History
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Release : 2013
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Philadelphia by : Edward W. Duffy

Download or read book Philadelphia written by Edward W. Duffy. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia: A Railroad History describes the remarkable development of the railroad industry in Philadelphia and the intense competition that pitted the Pennsylvania Railroad against the Reading Railroad, and those two titans against the formidable Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to dominate the regional market. The book details the impact of the rail industry in the region's economy, the Philadelphia waterfront, and its port. It also highlights the key roles of the city's industrial giants during this colorful era, including Steven Girard, Matthias Baldwin, William Sellers, Franklin Gowen, John W. Garrett, George Roberts, and Edward G. Budd.

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