Forgotten Philadelphia - 9781592135066

Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City\nby Thomas H. Keels\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas H. Keels\nTitle: Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Architecture\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 2007\nEdition: New\nISBN-13: 9781592135066\nISBN-10: 1592135064\nRRP: \u00A342.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHow does a landmark become, after just a few generations, a landfill?  In Forgotten Philadelphia, Thomas Keels takes the reader through a lavishly illustrated journey through three centuries of Philadelphia's architecture: what was built, how the public perceived the value of certain buildings, and why those buildings were eventually demolished.  In writi.