Title: Northern Liberties : the story of a Philadelphia river ward /
Authors: Kyriakodis, Harry G.
Publisher: The History Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Northern Liberties (Philadelphia, Pa.) History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) History.; Northern Liberties (Philadelphia, Pa.) Social conditions.; Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions.
Contents: What Are the Northern Liberties? -- Layout of the Land : The North End of Philadelphia -- Streets and Ways in the Liberties -- Setting Up Shop to Sell Sundries on Second Street -- Debauchery, Decadence and Drinking -- Religious Life : African Methodist, Jewish and Quaker -- Significant Structures, Sites and Societies -- Water and Gas for the People -- Manufacturing and Industry : Inventions and Innovations -- Religious Life : Presbyterian, Lutheran and Baptist -- Firefighting and Volunteer Fire Companies -- Politics and Problems in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s -- Manufacturing and Industry : Tanning Hides -- Religious Life : The Saint and the Sinner of NoLibs -- Banks, Schools and Hospitals for the People -- Trains and Transit through Northern Liberties -- Manufacturing and Industry : Brewing Beer -- Religious Life : The Eastern European and Russian Influx -- Places of Amusement for the People -- The Marshall Street Market/Mall/Makeover/Misfortune/Mess -- Skid Row and the Callowhill East Redevelopment Project -- Urban Revitalization and Housing Innovations -- Re-Greening and Renewal : Liberty Lands and Other Parks -- Chic Commercial Activity : The Shops at Schmidt's, the Piazza and More -- Epilogue.