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Benjamin Franklin Parkway, The
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway has sliced through the Logan Square neighborhood of Center City (downtown) Philadelphia since World War I. Named after Philadelphia's favorite son, the mile-long boulevard begins at city hall and heads diagonally towards Logan Circle before reaching the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The postcards and other images in this work show the parkway's development and its role in Philadelphia's civic and cultural life. Despite often serving as a speedway into and out of town, the Ben Franklin Parkway is a triumph in urban planning that has become a treasured part of the City of Brotherly Love.
Philadelphia & Its Countryside
Take a rich photographic journey of the City of Brotherly Love and its four surrounding counties. Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery. This 144-page experience explores the arts, scenery and history of an area of the U.S. renowned for its beauty and role in our nation's birth. A guidebook for visitors and a historical and recreational refresher course for residents of one of the richest veins of history and culture in North America.
City in a Park
Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of more than one hundred parks, squares, and green spaces totaling about 11,000 acres, and is one of the largest landscaped urban park systems in the world. In City in a Park, James McClelland and Lynn Miller provide an affectionate and comprehensive history of this 200-year-old network of parks. Originated in the nineteenth century as a civic effort to provide a clean water supply to Philadelphia, Fairmount Park also furnished public pleasure grounds for boat races and hiking, among other activities. Millions travel to the city to view its eighteenth-century villas, attend boat races on the Schuylkill River, hike the Wissahickon Creek, visit the Philadelphia Zoo, hear concerts in summer, stroll the city’s historic squares and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and enjoy its enormous collection of public art. Green initiatives flower today; Philadelphia lives amidst its parks. Filled with nearly 150 gorgeous full-color photographs, City in a Park chronicles the continuing efforts to create what founder William Penn desired: a “greene countrie town.”
Ben Franklin's Philadelphia
Visitor information on Franklin sites Convenient walking tour Helpful maps In celebration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday, this unique, user-friendly guide follows the Founding Father's footsteps through Philadelphia. The author takes a chronological journey through surviving landmarks from Franklin's time and the sites that preserve his legacy today. On his way, he speaks to curators, park rangers, and even Franklin impersonators to tell the story of this fascinating American icon.
Philadelphia Then and Now
Rare photographs of City Hall, Logan Square, Independence Hall, Betsy Ross House, other landmarks juxtaposed with contemporary views. Introduction. Captions.
A Guide's Guide to Philadelphia
A professional guide tells you everything there is to see & do in Philadelphia. Now in its sixth edition, with 528 pages & eight maps A GUIDE'S GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on historic attractions, museums, tours, sports, libraries, the arts, annual events, restaurants, hotels, shopping tips, aids for the elderly & disabled, activities for children, the suburbs, Atlantic City & more. Philadelphia's best-selling, most established guidebook gets rave reviews. It's a must for natives & tourists. Order directly from Curson House, Inc., 250 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215) 735-2775.
Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia
Architectural historian Moss and photographer Crane set out to celebrate the surviving historic architecture of Philadelphia. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates Philadelphia's evolution from a modest mercantile outpost of a colonial power to a world-renowned cosmopolitan city.
Salut!
"Provides a thorough account of the impact on Philadelphia and its surrounding area of the French people and the Francophone community over the course of the city's more than 300-year history"--
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Philadelphia & The Pennsylvania Dutch Country is your indispensible guide to this exciting region. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of Philadelphia's must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all its cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions this famous region has to offer. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Philadelphia & The Pennsylvania Dutch Country will help you to discover Philadelphia region by region; from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall to the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts. Detailed li...
