Philadelphia's Broad Street : South and North

Robert Morris Skaler.
Author/Creator:
Skaler, Robert Morris
Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
Charleston, SC : Arcadia, 2003.
Physical Description:
128 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

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F158.67.B76 S58 2003

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Series Title:
Images of America
Contents:
South Broad Street : Navy Yard to South Street -- South Street to Penn Square -- Penn Square -- North Broad Street : Penn Square to Master Street -- The Grand Promenade : Master Street to Susquehanna Avenue -- Huntingdon Street to Old York Road.
Summary:
  • In the 1860s, Broad Street formed the western edge of downtown Philadelphia and was little more than railroad tracks and train depots. However, with the building of Philadelphia City Hall in the 1870s, Broad Street rapidly developed into one of the city's premier streets. Rows of mansions sprung up south of Spruce Street, and the area north of Spruce became known as "hotel row." Four-story brownstones lined both sides of North Broad Street, interspersed with the mansions and gardens of the nouveau riche and punctuated by clubs, theaters, schools, churches, and synagogues. Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North is the first photographic history devoted exclusively to Broad Street in its "gilded age." These vintage images provide a vivid reminder, if one is needed, of how dramatically the street has changed in the last one hundred years.
  • Robert Morris Skaler, a forensic architect and architectural historian, has been collecting historic images of Broad Street for forty years. A past president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Victorian Society and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, Skaler is also the author of West Philadelphia: University City to 52nd Street.
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ISBN:
  • 9780738512365
  • 0738512362
LC Classification:
F158.67.B76 S58 2003
Catalog Record ID:
991031582699703811
Language:
English
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