Download or read book Philadelphia s Washington Square written by Bill Double and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia's Washington Square, a shaded 6.6-acre plot near the nation's birthplace at Independence Hall, has been a focal point of the city's history for more than 300 years. Designated by William Penn in 1683 as an open space, the square served as a potter's field for its first 100 years. The remains of more than 2,000 indigents, soldiers, and yellow fever victims rest beneath its sod. By 1825, the graveyard was closed and the square was redesigned as a public promenade. Rude huts on its periphery gave way to fashionable middle-class homes. Washington Square became a destination for publishing and advertising, home to the likes of J. B. Lippincott, W. B. Saunders, Curtis Publishing Company, Farm Journal, and advertising giant N. W. Ayer. In the 1950s, its Society Hill neighborhood was restored, and a memorial to the unknown soldier of the American Revolution was dedicated in the square. Today the square is again attracting the affluent with condominiums in its converted publishing houses.
Download or read book Philadelphia s Washington Square written by Arthur M. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philadelphia s Washington Square written by Carroll Frey and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Washington Square South an Apartment Tower town Complex for Philadelphia Pennsylvania written by Donald Robert Matzkin and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Independence Square Neighborhood written by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philadelphia Washington Square West Urban Renewal written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paul Hogarth s Walking Tours of Old Philadelphia written by Paul Hogarth and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Philadelphia Houses on Society Hill 1750 1840 written by Elizabeth B. McCall and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Officially known as Washington Square Park, Philadelphia’s Society Hill district contains an impressive number of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century houses—perhaps as many as any other comparable area in the United States. This book presents, in text and pictures, the stories of its outstanding Colonial and Early American mansions and dwellings and simple row houses; its churches and other exceptional historic buildings. Old Philadelphia Houseson Society Hill contains both notes and illustrations on the design and architectural details of early Philadelphia row houses. There are also enlightening chapters devoted to such famous places as Bell’s Court, the Drinker House and Drinker’s Court, the Head House and Old Market, the Hill-Physick-Keith House and the Latta House, Old Pine Street Church and the Pennsylvania Hospital, the Man Full of Trouble Inn and many others, all complemented by photos. Featured are the uses of brick and the traditional design and decoration of the period’s interiors, showing antique furniture and prevailing modes of interior decoration. The 150 photographs strike a nice balance of exteriors and interiors, showing characteristic basics and details of structure and charming furniture pieces and accessories of old-time daily living. Tidbits of information concerning such personages as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Benjamin Rush and other eminent Americans are scattered throughout the book.
Download or read book Philadelphia South of Market and East of Broad written by Gus Spector and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia: South of Market and East of Broad offers a whirlwind journey to the older regions of the city. Along the way, readers will travel the length of South Broad Street from city hall toward the Naval Yard and the former sports complex and will wander by Market Street's former bustling shops--such as Gimbel's, Wanamaker's, and Leary's quaint bookstore--to the street's terminus at the Delaware River port and the Camden ferries. They will become reacquainted with Independence Square, Washington Square, and the magnificent buildings that once surrounded them and will also revisit South Philadelphia and its Italian Market. These images grant an opportunity to explore Philadelphia's streets, peer into its historic nooks, and seek out buildings that have long since gone the way of the wrecking ball.
Download or read book Philadelphia written by Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Survey of Washington Square Plaques and Waysides written by U. S. Department of the Interior National Park Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following is a survey of the current memorial plaques, waysides and identification plaques found throughout Washington Square as of January 2006. The memorial plaques in the square include everything from plaques that honor individuals and their work, those that commemorate important events, to identifying tree genus and species. Current waysides contain history about the Square and Philadelphia, while the identification plaques consist of various informational markers. The accompanying map locates the forty-two plaques and waysides currently within Washington Square. This map is divided into quadrants and further divided into zones, with each plaque and wayside appropriately located on the map. Other information found in this survey includes dimensions of the metal plaque or stone wayside, material from which the marker is made, installation or dedication date (if known), and the inscription that can be found on the plaque or wayside. In addition, two photographs of the plaque or wayside are included, one being a close shot of the marker at the time this survey was conducted, and another photograph showing the single marker within the wider surroundings of Washington Square.
Download or read book Federal Trade Commission Decisions written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official List of Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official List of Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States August 31 1919 written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Washington Square written by Henry James and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealthy spinster receives a proposal from a dashing suitor and her father threatens her with disinheritance if she accepts. James masterfully explores the moral consequences of a tender heart's ruthless manipulation.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Annual Exhibition written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
