Covering more than two centuries of social, economic, and political change, and offering a challenging, innovative approach to urban as well national history, F

Walking guide and history of planning in Philadelphia, America's first capital. For tourists/architecture buffs.

Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth-

This book covers the 20 years that transformed Philadelphia into a city of neighborhoods, from Kingsessing to Wissahickon. At the turn of the 20th century, Phil

Philadelphia is a patchwork of the political and economic changes dating back to 1683. Having been re-created repeatedly, each era of the city's development inc