Becoming Philadelphia : How an Old American City Made Itself New Again, Hardc...

by Inga Saffron

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Becoming Philadelphia : How an Old American City Made Itself New Again, Hardcover by Saffron, Inga, ISBN 1978800630, ISBN-13 9781978800632, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Saffron, an architecture critic in Philadelphia, collects 80 selected columns she wrote for "Changing Skyline" in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which describe the city's physical transformation and progress between 1998 and 2017. She details the city's resurgence as it emerged from a half century of decline, including megaprojects, rebuilding, parks, and streets, as well as issues with gentrification, poverty, privatization, and the unequal distribution of public services. Th includes a new introduction on the changes that have occurred in the city. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2020
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781978800632
• Condition: Fine

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