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Philadelphia's City Hall

George J Holmes Allen M Hornblum

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  • 130 sidor
  • 2003
At the crossroads of Center City, Philadelphia, stands city hall, an architectural and sculptural masterpiece whose size and beauty rival the grand structures found in the capitals of Europe. Shortly after the Civil War, city hall embraced the community's need for a new municipal building while filling the visionary desire of its designers to underscore Philadelphia's reputation as "the Athens of America." Thirty years later stood a monumental structure that was easily the largest building in North America and one of the most beautiful, displaying over two hundred fifty pieces of sculpture. Philadelphia's City Hall illuminates the fascinating account of the building's controversial origin, its symbolic sculptural program, and the largest statue topping a building in the world. These stunning photographs highlight a marvel of masonry and community vision created by a city with the desire to show the world what it could produce.
  • Författare: George J Holmes, Allen M Hornblum
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781531609122
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 130
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2003-11-01
  • Förlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions