Becoming Philadelphia : how an old American city made itself new again /

"Over the last 20 years, as Philadelphia emerged from a half century of decline, Inga Saffron has been the premier chronicler of the city's physical transformation. Through her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns on architecture and urbanism in the Philadelphia Inquirer, she has tracked the cit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saffron, Inga, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2020.
Temas:
1900-2099
Architecture and society > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 21st century.
Architecture et société > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture et société > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 21e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > General.
Architecture and society
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. SUBURBANIZING THE CITY
  • 2. THE ARCHITECTURE OF REVIVAL
  • 3. SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF
  • 4. AGE OF THE MEGAPROJECTS
  • 5. ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
  • 6. REBUILDING
  • 7. THE SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS
  • 8. BUILDING THE EQUITABLE CITY
  • 9. GETTING AROUND TOWN
  • 10. SUCCESS AND ITS DISCONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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