The Wissahickon Valley Within the City of Philadelphi
Author: Francis Burke Brandt
Publisher:
Published: 2012-06-01
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781258404130
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Good Night Wissahickon Valley Park
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781602194229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHouses of Philadelphia
Author: James B. Garrison
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examines 40 properties in detail with over 300 archival and contemporary photographs, drawings, and floor plans." -- Dust jacket.
Along the Wissahickon Creek
Author: Andrew Mark Herman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780738535210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally called Wisauksicken and Wisamickon by the Lenni Lenape tribe of southeastern Pennsylvania, the creek was renamed Wissahickon by European settlers in the late 1600s. The Wissahickon, beginning as a small stream fed by underground springs in central Montgomery County, winds its way down into a breathtaking valley in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park before entering the Schuylkill River. Rich in history and scenic beauty, the creek has played a major part in the development of the area. Early mills were established along its banks, and during the American Revolution, Washington's army set up encampments in the creek valley. Since becoming part of Fairmount Park in 1868, the Wissahickon has continued to be the focus of land preservation and is now part of the Wissahickon Green Ribbon Preserve.
Metropolitan Paradise
Author: David R. Contosta
Publisher: St. Joseph's University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780916101664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Grid and the River
Author: Elizabeth Milroy
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780271066769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A collection of essays examining how patterns of use and attitudes to green spaces within Penn's city plan and along the Schuylkill informed notions of place from the time of Philadelphia's founding to the formation of the modern Fairmount Park system in the mid-19th century"--Provided by publisher.
Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia
Author: Joseph Minardi
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780764341984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistoric Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia is a colorful and comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of the Wissahickon Valley, and the people who made it possible with a locally sourced building stone, the Wissahickon schist. The simple stone structures of Germantown's origins as a village of German immigrants laid the groundwork for the more elaborate buildings for Philadelphia's rising mercantile class that followed. From the colonial period to the 1930s, this architectural tour explores 450 structures, many still standing and well preserved, in the area from Wayne Junction in Germantown to Northwest Avenue in Chestnut Hill. A wide variety of architectural styles and influences are captured in nearly 750 modern day and archival images, including the Georgian, Colonial, and Federal styles of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; the Revival of those styles and others; Italianate; Second Empire; and Romantic Eclecticism. This extensive architectural review is ideal for architects, historians, and residents of Northwest Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on the Fly
Author: Ron P. Swegman
Publisher: Frank Amato Publications
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781571883612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book of prose by a Pennsylvania poet and fly-fisher. An urban angler revels a surprising fact: god fishing--and adventure -- can be found a bike ride away within the city limits of America's first capital. Trout and bass, white perch and channel catfish, birds and a variety of human characters are all encountered along the Schuylkill River and its tiny tributary, Wissahickon Creek, which are bordered by Fairmount Park, the world's largest urban greenbelt. A tale told in poetic prose, this is a practical, lyrical, all-American fish story.
The Light in the Forest
Author: Conrad Richter
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2004-09-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781417642496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor use in schools and libraries only. Fifteen year old John Cameron Butler, kidnapped and raised by the Lenape Indians since childhood, is returned to his people under the terms of a treaty and is forced to cope with a strange and different world that is no longer his.
