Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City (Fourth Edition)

244-page paperback / 5.5" x 10.5" / ISBN 978-1-58988-110-5 / Publication Date: March 2016 Philadelphia Architecture, A Guide to the City (Fourth Edition) provides more than three hundred descriptions and photo­graphs, both color and black and white, of the city’s architecturally most significant buildings. Spanning more than three hundred years, these great buildings char­acterize Philadelphia as unique among American cities, comprising, as they do, nearly every style of architecture found in the United States. Divided into four sections, Philadel­phia Architecture proceeds chronologically from the founding of the city in 1682 into the early Federal period, through its in­dustrialization in the 19th century, and its growth as a metropolis in the 1900s, con­cluding with the latest buildings, erected in the 21st century. Each entry provides historical and architectural information pertinent to the structure and relates the building to its setting in the city. This compact guide also incl