| Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century Contributor(s): Print and Photograph Department of the L (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738544922 ISBN-13: 9780738544922 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: Philadelphia, as laid out in the 1680s, extended from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River and from Vine Street to South Street, an area known today as Center City. As its population grew, the settled areas expanded westward from the Delaware River beyond early important landmarks such as Christ Church, the Pennsylvania State House, and Pennsylvania Hospital. By the mid-19th century, commercial, religious, and cultural institutions arose along Broad Street, and exclusive residential neighborhoods developed even farther west in areas previously undeveloped or used as industrial sites. Bustling shopping districts anchored by stores such as Wanamaker's Grand Depot and Strawbridge and Clothier ran for blocks along Chestnut and Market Streets. Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century highlights the buildings, people, and activities of this area from the 1840s until the end of the century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.811 |
| LCCN: 2005938877 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.42" W x 9.22" (0.72 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Publisher Description: Philadelphia, as laid out in the 1680s, extended from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River and from Vine Street to South Street, an area known today as Center City. As its population grew, the settled areas expanded westward from the Delaware River beyond early important landmarks such as Christ Church, the Pennsylvania State House, and Pennsylvania Hospital. By the mid-19th century, commercial, religious, and cultural institutions arose along Broad Street, and exclusive residential neighborhoods developed even farther west in areas previously undeveloped or used as industrial sites. Bustling shopping districts anchored by stores such as Wanamaker's Grand Depot and Strawbridge and Clothier ran for blocks along Chestnut and Market Streets. Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century highlights the buildings, people, and activities of this area from the 1840s until the end of the century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia: - Travel the streets of 19th-century Center City as documented by the photographers whose works are preserved in the rich collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia, a rare book and research library founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731. The authors of Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century are staff members of the Library Company's Print and Photograph Department. |