Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City
"[T]his book by the writer Tom Keels is valuable, fascinating, and prescient....Keels enjoys telling us about the rudimentary, curious, ornate, misunderstood, absurd."--Nathaniel Popkin, Philly Skyline.com"A luscious collection of drawing and black-and-white photos of buildings that no longer exist...anyone with a stake in the city's future should have a copy of this book by their bedside...it's a must."  --Philadelphia Weekly"General readers with an interest in Philadelphia and preservationists alike will be turning to this book for years to come."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography"Encyclopedic in scope....of interest not only to historians of Philadelphia, but also more generally to architectural historians, preservationists, and geographers." --Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies"For the first time,Forgotten Philadelphiaplaces the lost  architecture of the City of Brotherly Love into the widest possible  context. Keels draws on the rich political, social, cultural, and  intellectual history of the city in ways that explain the forces that  created the lost buildings and the forces that led to their demise. In the  process, he illuminates the history of Philadelphia architecture at the  same time that he uses its lost architecture as an important source for  understanding the evolution of the city." --David Contosta, Chestnut Hill College, author ofSuburb in the  City: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990