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West Philadelphia Illustrated
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language : en
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Release Date : 1903
West Philadelphia Illustrated written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Historic sites categories.
West Philadelphia
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Author : Robert Morris Skaler
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2002-03-01
West Philadelphia written by Robert Morris Skaler and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-01 with History categories.
The many neighborhoods west of the Schuylkill River across from William Penn's "Quaker City" were distinctly rural until 1860, when horsecar lines first crossed the river. The area soon became home to wealthy businessmen who built elegant mansions and villas in University City and Powelton Village. West Philadelphia's growth accelerated northward into Belmont and Parkside-Girard after the 1876 Centennial Exposition and westward into Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, and Walnut Hill in the 1890s with the introduction of electric trolley lines. West Philadelphia: University City to 52nd Street is the first photographic history of the area in the last one hundred years. Images of the typical, modest West Philadelphia row houses, which slowly took over the open farmland after the Market Street Elevated opened in 1907, tell the story of how Philadelphia became known as the "City of Homes." Countless, rarely seen photographs of the streets where people lived and worked fill this extraordinary history.
Jewish Community Of West Philadelphia
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Author : Allen Meyers
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2001-07
Jewish Community Of West Philadelphia written by Allen Meyers and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07 with History categories.
The Jewish community of Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River is a composite of seven distinct neighborhoods surrounding West Philadelphia proper. These include Fortieth and Girard, Parkside, Wynnefield, Overbrook Park, Wynnefield Heights, Southwest Philly, and Island Road. A gathering of seventy-five thousand Jewish people in West Philadelphia during the twentieth century qualified the area known as "a city within a city" as a second settlement area. Excellent public transportation included the famed Market Street Elevated. The West Philadelphia Jews flourished and supported dozens of synagogues and bakeries, and more than one hundred kosher butcher shops at the neighborhood's height from the 1930s through the 1950s. Newly arrived immigrants embraced traditional Jewish values, which led them to encourage their offspring to acquire a secondary education in their own neighborhoods as a way of achieving assimilation into the community at large. The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia portrays Jewish life throughout West Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century. The book captures rare, nearly forgotten images with photographs gleaned from the community at large.
West Philadelphia
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Author : William Wallace Weaver
language : en
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Release Date : 1930
West Philadelphia written by William Wallace Weaver and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Neighborhoods categories.
City Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves
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Author : Marc Stein
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2000-06
City Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves written by Marc Stein and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06 with History categories.
In this pathbreaking history, Marc Stein takes an in-depth look at Philadelphia from the 1940s to the 1970s. What he finds is a city of vibrant gay and lesbian households, neighborhoods, commercial establishments, public cultures, and political groups. In doing so, Stein shatters the myth that lesbian and gay history began with the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City and challenges the notion that only New York and San Francisco featured major lesbian and gay communities in the pre-Stonewall era. Stein takes us on a tour through Philadelphia's bars, restaurants, bookstores, bathhouses, movie theaters, parks, and parades where lesbian and gay cultures thrived. We learn about the scientific experts, religious leaders, public officials, and journalists who attacked and ignored same-sex sexualities. And we read about the courageous people who fought back with strategies of everyday resistance and organized political activism. Stein argues against the idea that a conspiracy of silence surrounded gays and lesbians in the 1940s and 1950s. He shows that same-sex sexualities were regularly discussed in controversies concerning the tennis player Big Bill Tilden, the Walt Whitman Bridge, sex murders and crimes, and police raids. Philadelphians became national leaders in the gay and lesbian movement. They conducted sit-ins at Dewey's restaurant, organized pickets at Independence Hall, edited the movement's most widely circulated publications the Ladder and Drum, and pursued court cases all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Beautifully crafted and exceptionally well-written, Stein's book not only provides a new starting place for thinking about lesbian and gay history but also challenges readers to rethink twentieth-century urban history.
The Jewish Community Of West Philadelphia
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Author : Allen Meyers
language : en
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Release Date : 2004-03-01
The Jewish Community Of West Philadelphia written by Allen Meyers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with categories.
The Jewish community of Phila. west of the Schuylkill River is a composite of 7 distinct neighborhoods: 40th and Girard, Parkside, Wynnefield, Overbrook Park, Wynnefield Heights, Southwest Philly, and Island Road. With 75,000 Jewish people gathered there during the 20th century, this area was known as "a city within a city." Excellent public transportation included the famed Market Street Elevated. The West Phila. Jews supported dozens of synagogues and bakeries, and more than 100 kosher butcher shops at the neighborhood's height from the 1930s through the 1950s. This volume portrays Jewish life throughout West Phila. in the mid-20th century. It captures rare, nearly forgotten images with photos gleaned from the community at large.
Leaving Cecil Street
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Author : Diane McKinney-Whetstone
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Leaving Cecil Street written by Diane McKinney-Whetstone and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
A riveting tale about a back-room abortion that has devastating consequences for two teenage girls on a close knit Philadelphia block circa 1972 Block parties were king in this West Philadelphia neighborhood, especially the year Cecil Street decided to have two. These energetic, sensual street celebrations serve as backdrops to the story of best friends Neet and Shay and their families. When Neet becomes pregnant by one of the corner boys, Shay arranges an abortion that goes terribly awry when Neet begins to hemorrhage. Neet is left unable to bear children and to Shay’s horror slips under the spell of her mother Alberta’s severe, esoteric religious beliefs. Shay is left to struggle with the grief of losing a cherished friendship, while she also bears witness to the the disintegration of her parents’ marriage. The story climaxes during the second block party, during which time it is discovered that Neet and Alberta have disappeared from Cecil Street—the holy-roller mother, Alberta, having finally been set free from the shackles of her church by none other than Shay’s father.
History Of The Satterlee U S A Gen Hospital
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Author : Nathaniel West
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
History Of The Satterlee U S A Gen Hospital written by Nathaniel West and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with Hospitals categories.
Historic Architecture In West Philadelphia 1789 1930s
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Author : Joseph Minardi
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Historic Architecture In West Philadelphia 1789 1930s written by Joseph Minardi and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Architecture categories.
West of the Schuylkill River, what was once Blockley and Kingsessing Townships is now West Philadelphia. Here is a comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of neighborhoods in and around University City and biographies of the architects who made it possible. In more than 500 images, see this area of the "City of Brotherly Love" transition from humble beginnings as a collection of sprawling farms and dusty hamlets to a streetcar suburb for upwardly mobile types looking to escape the old city and a haven for esteemed educational institutions. Packed with archival images, maps, and color photos, the book covers Cedar Park to Powelton Village, chronicling the charm and elegance found in West Philadelphia's architecture, much of which is still on public display. Examples include Second Empire, Victorian, Queen Anne, Collegiate Gothic, and Italianate styles. This is a global and historic review ideal for architects, urban planners, historians, and of course residents of Blockley and Kingsessing.
The Committed
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Author : Viet Thanh Nguyen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-03-04
The Committed written by Viet Thanh Nguyen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-04 with Fiction categories.
'A voice that shakes the walls of the old literary comfort zone' New Yorker 'Goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A masterwork' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of a Brief History of Seven Killings 'Fierce and unrelentingly good. Hilarious and subversive' Tommy Orange, New York Times bestselling author of There There ------------------------------------ It's the early 1980s and the Sympathizer arrives in Paris. As a refugee, he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their turbulent pasts by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. Falling in with left-wing intellectuals and politicians at dinner parties held by his French Vietnamese "aunt", he finds customers for his merchandise as well as stimulation for his mind. But this new life he's living has unforeseen dangers of oppression, addiction and the seemingly unresolvable paradox of reuniting his two closest friends, men whose world views stand them poles apart. The highly suspenseful sequel to The Sympathizer, both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters.