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Contains information on buildings lost through fire or demolition, or altered to restore the original architecture. The book contains more than 100 drawings, photos, and maps from the Historic American Buildings Survey collection.

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"As a key to Philadelphia's historic environment, this will become a standard work." oMuseum News "[F]rom Colonial, Federal and Italiante styles to the 20th-century innovation of LeCorbusier, Kahn, and Wright." oPhiladelphia Inquirer "A cause for celebration. The editor's introductions set each part of the city into understandable units. The book is a clearly told story of success and failure in historic preservation." oJ.E. Mooney, Director, Historical Society of Pennsylvania "A lovely portrait of Philadelphia's rich history of buildings." oThe Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

Philadelphia Preserved Catalog of the Historic

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    A Paperback by R Webster

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      Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 10/15/1981 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780877222156, 978-0877222156
      ISBN10: 0877222150
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Contains information on buildings lost through fire or demolition, or altered to restore the original architecture. The book contains more than 100 drawings, photos, and maps from the Historic American Buildings Survey collection.

      Trade Review
      "As a key to Philadelphia's historic environment, this will become a standard work." oMuseum News "[F]rom Colonial, Federal and Italiante styles to the 20th-century innovation of LeCorbusier, Kahn, and Wright." oPhiladelphia Inquirer "A cause for celebration. The editor's introductions set each part of the city into understandable units. The book is a clearly told story of success and failure in historic preservation." oJ.E. Mooney, Director, Historical Society of Pennsylvania "A lovely portrait of Philadelphia's rich history of buildings." oThe Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

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