Vanishing Philadelphia
The ruins of Philadelphiaas grandest structures show the cityas dramatic evolution. Smoke no longer spews from the Philadelphia Electric Companyas hulking riverside power plants. Nature long ago reclaimed the rusted steel bones of the Frankford Arsenal. Graffiti artists tag the Beury Building, while Philadelphiaas Gilded Age elite rest beneath the weeds of the forgotten Mount Moriah Cemetery. Such sites mark three centuries of progress and destruction in William Pennas aHoly Experiment.a Through deep research and his stunning photography, J.P. Webster documents the slow decay caused by neglect and the passage of time in Philadelphiaas factories, military sites, schools, cemeteries and more. Discover a bygone American era through Philadelphiaas vanishing cityscape.prototypical aPhilly schoola design that we know today, and throughout the city, schools became sequentially more uniform. In the 1870s, the official Board of Property Architectsawhich designed and built all public schools and buildings relating ... Hopefully, this pioneer oftheAmerican school system can regain itsstanding, and Philadelphia can onceagain take pridein ... This aerial view of the old Northeast High School at Northeast Manual Training School/Thomas A Edison High School.
| Title | : | Vanishing Philadelphia |
| Author | : | J.P. Webster |
| Publisher | : | The History Press - 2014-08-19 |
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