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Paperback Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North Book

ISBN: 0738512362

ISBN13: 9780738512365

Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North

(Part of the Images of America: Pennsylvania Series)

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In the 1860s, Broad Street formed the western edge of downtown Philadelphia and was little more than railroad tracks and train depots.


However, with the building of Philadelphia City Hall in the 1870s, Broad Street rapidly developed into one of the city's premier streets. Rows of mansions sprung up south of Spruce Street, and the area north of Spruce became known as hotel row. Four-story brownstones lined both sides of North Broad...

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Bob Skaler's done it again! As with his first book regarding West Philadelphia, Bob treats us to rare pics of many sites that are no longer standing on either side of Broad Street.I found it interesting that Bob chose to focus more on North Broad, as that has been neglected for the better part of a hundred years. To this day, there is more attention focused on making South Broad chic while the North side continues to crumble.More historical goodies are contained in this book and it is a very interesting read.
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