How to Use This Book -- Part One: William Penn's Huge Impact on Philadelphia. Chapter 1. A City of Churches -- Chapter 2. Green from the Get-Go -- Chapter 3. Philly's Flag -- Chapter 4. Welcome Park -- Part Two: Military Leaders -- Chapter 5. Captain Gustavus Conyngham -- Chapter 6. Commodore John Barry -- Chapter 7. Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. -- Part Three: Gone -- But Not Forgotten. Chapter 8: Acadian Connection -- Chapter 9. The Gaskill Street Baths -- Chapter 10. The Grand Battery (or The Association Battery) -- Chapter 11. Washington Avenue Immigration Station -- Part Four: Heroes, Sung and Unsung -- Chapter 12. Charles Willson Peale -- Chapter 13. Francis Daniel Pastorius -- Chapter 14. Isaiah Zagar -- Chapter 15. James Forten -- Chapter 16. Lucretia Mott -- Chapter 17. Richard Allen -- Chapter 18. Robert Smith -- Chapter 19. W.E.B. Du Bois -- Part Five: Mob Rule. Chapter 20. Bible Riots -- Chapter 21. Lombard Street Riot -- Part Six: In the Neighborhoods. Chapter 22. 9th Street Market (aka the Italian Market) -- Chapter 23. Chinatown -- Chapter 24. Philadelphia's LGBT Community -- Part Seven: Hidden In Plain Sight. Chapter 25. Ars Medendi -- Chapter 26. Dream Garden Tiffany Mosaic -- Chapter 27. Independence National Historical Park -- Chapter 28. Irish Memorial -- Chapter 29. Mason-Dixon Survey -- Chapter 30. Old Pine Street Churchyard -- Part Eight: Marvelous Museums. Chapter 31. The African American Museum of Philadelphia -- Chapter 32. National Museum of American Jewish History -- Chapter 33. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -- Part Nine: Historic Architecture. Chapter 34. Athenaeum of Philadelphia -- Chapter 35. Ben Franklin Bridge -- Chapter 36. Carpenters' Hall -- Chapter 37. Christ Church -- Chapter 38. City Hall -- Chapter 39. Gloria Dei Church (Old Swedes') -- Chapter 40. Masonic Temple -- Chapter 41. The PSFS Building -- Chapter 42. Reading Terminal Market -- Chapter 43. Sparks Shot Tower -- Chapter 44. Water Works -- Chapter 45. U.S. Custom House -- Part Ten: Where History Come Alive. Chapter 46. Historical Society of Pennsylvania -- Chapter 47. Library Company of Philadelphia -- Part Eleven. Beyond Center City -- Chapter 48: Cliveden (or the Chew House) -- Chapter 49. Fort Mifflin -- Chapter 50. Taller Puertorriqueño -- Chapter 51. The Lazaretto
Summary
"An alternative, history-focused guidebook to a selection of Philadelphia's heroes and notable places"-- Provided by publisher
Notes
Includes updated articles originally published in the Society Hill Reporter and the Queen Village Neighbors Association Magazine
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
