Status
Available
Call number
Call number
974.811 KY
Collection
Publication
The History Press (2011), 176 pages
Description
Join Harry Kyriakodis as he strolls Front Street, Delaware Avenue, and Penn's Landing to rediscover the story of Philadelphia's lost waterfront. The wharves and docks of William Penn's city that helped build a nation are gone lost to the onslaught of over 300 years of development. Yet the bygone streets and piers of Philadelphia's central waterfront were once part of the greatest tradecenter in the American colonies. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district from Quaker settlers who first lived in caves along the Delaware and the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1793 to its heyday as a maritime center and then the twentieth century that saw much of the historic riverfront razed.
User reviews
LibraryThing member snash
A fascinating history of Philadelphia's waterfront from the mid1600's to 2011.
It is generally organized geographically from Spring Garden to Washington.
Good for anyone interested in Philadelphia history.
It is generally organized geographically from Spring Garden to Washington.
Good for anyone interested in Philadelphia history.
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
1609493710 / 9781609493714