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Informationen zum Autor Roger W. Moss is Emeritus Executive Director of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and retired Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of a dozen books, including Historic Houses of Philadelphia and Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Tom Crane is a widely published freelance photographer whose work is featured in Historic Houses of Philadelphia and Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia Roger Moss and Tom Crane feature nationally significant sites. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates Philadelphia's evolution from modest mercantile outpost of a colonial power, to capital of a proud new nation, to a robust world-renowned cosmopolitan city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction COLONIAL AND FEDERAL PHILADELPHIA Fort Mifflin Independence Hall Congress Hall Old City Hall Carpenters' Hall Philosophical Hall Pennsylvania Hospital First Bank of the United States New Market CLASSICAL PHILADELPHIA Fairmount Water Works Second Bank of the United States Eastern State Penitentiary Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts Walnut Street Theatre United States Naval Home Merchants' Exchange Founder's Hall, Girard College Atwater Kent Museum Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire Philadelphia Club VICTORIAN PHILADELPHIA Athenæum of Philadelphia Laurel Hill Cemetery Freedom Theatre Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital Academy of Music Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia Union League of Philadelphia Masonic Temple Philadelphia City Hall Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts Victory Building Memorial Hall Boathouse Row Philadelphia Zoological Gardens Gatehouses Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Terminal Head House and Shed TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILADELPHIA The Bellevue John Wanamaker Department Store Historical Society of Pennsylvania Racquet Club of Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin Bridge Thirtieth Street Station United States Custom House Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia Museum of Art Insurance Company of North America Building Free Library of Philadelphia Rodin Museum Board of Education Administration Building and Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Building Bibliography and Sources Index ...
