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| #1731203 in eBooks | 2005-10-19 | 2005-10-19 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| I loved it|By Martin Conway|This is a great book, very inclusive of Philadelphia architecture both old and new. I liked the inclusion of "pop" architecture like the Best Buy building in the Northeast. After all, this is a book that covers more than just historic architecture. It was refreshing to see that the writing was not stodgy or academic (yawn). The writing tends towards|About the Author|Thom Nickels is a journalist, poet, and author of eight books, including Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia and Manayunk. The lifelong Philadelphia resident is a contributing editor for the Weekly Press and is the architecture critic for Philadelphia'
Philadelphia is a city of Colonial and ghostly architecture with narrow historic streets that open up onto vistas of bold, towering skyscrapers. It is a city of Greek Revival banks, Italian Renaissance, and Second Empire buildings, a city of Beaux-Arts hotels, Byzantine and Gothic churches, and International-style high-rises. A hybrid of gritty Chicago and pristine Boston, Philadelphia stands alone, an aristocrat in bib overalls, as a livable, intimate city of neighborho...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Philadelphia Architecture | Thom Nickels. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
