The Wissahickon Valley Within The City Of Philadelphia PDF Download

Excerpt from A Century After: Picturesque Glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania; Including Fairmount, the Wissahickon, and Other Romantic Localities, With the Cities and Landscapes of the State That among the edifices of Philadelphia is the cradle of our national liberties, is perhaps honor enough for any metropolis; but it is to be remarked that, in addition to Independence Hall and other historical specimens of pre-revolutionary architecture, Philadelphia contains the noblest specimens of pure Greek style in the country: and a wealth of private homes, its greatest pride, the models of middle-class comfort to all the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.