Building the city beautiful
Subtitle: the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
By: David B. Brownlee
Contributors: Rub, Timothy, writer of foreword; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Edition: Second Edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780876332788
Subjects: Urban beautification; History; Art museum architecture; Buildings, structures; Buildings; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Other titles: Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the centennial of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia"--Title page verso.

"The first edition was published on the occasion of an exhibit shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., September 9 - November 26, 1989"--Title page verso.

"Substantial revisions have been made to the discussions of the work of Jacques Gréber, the development of the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1912-16, the Free Library, and the Rodin Museum. I have written all-new sections on the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Notable in this new work is additional information about the role played by the pathbreaking African American architect Julian Abele in the design of the Free Library and the art museum"--Preface, page ix.

Includes bibliographical references (page 127-139).
Table of contents: title: The classical language of modern architecture; title: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway; title: The Museum of Art: "A Philadelphian Acropolis"; title: A constellation of institutions; title: Epilogue.