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Philadelphia possesses an exceptionally large number of places that
have almost disappeared-from workshops and factories to sporting
clubs and societies, synagogues, churches, theaters, and railroad
lines. In Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City, urban observers
Nathaniel Popkin and Peter Woodall uncover the contemporary essence
of one of America's oldest cities. Working with accomplished
architectural photographer Joseph Elliott, they explore secret
places in familiar locations, such as the Metropolitan Opera House
on North Broad Street, the Divine Lorraine Hotel, Reading Railroad,
Disston Saw Works in Tacony, and mysterious parts of City Hall.
Much of the real Philadelphia is concealed behind facades.
Philadelphia artfully reveals its urban secrets. Rather than a
nostalgic elegy to loss and urban decline, Philadelphia exposes the
city's vivid layers and living ruins. The authors connect
Philadelphia's idiosyncratic history, culture, and people to
develop an alternative theory of American urbanism, and place the
city in American urban history. The journey here is as much visual
as it is literary; Joseph Elliott's sumptuous photographs reveal
the city's elemental beauty.
"The Horae Apocalypticae" (Hours with the Apocalypse) is doubtless
the most elaborate work ever produced on the Apocalypse. Without an
equal in exhaustive research in its field, it was occasioned by the
futurist attack on the Historical School of interpretation. Begun
in 1837, its 2,500 pages are buttressed by some 10,000 invaluable
references to ancient and modern works. this: "History of
Apocalyptic Interpretation" was in its original form published as
an Appendix to the: Horae Apocalypticae Vol. IV. MDCCCLXII - 1862
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++++ The Downfall Of Despotism, Or, The Last Act Of The European
Tragedy: Showing ... The Overthrow Of The Allied Powers Of Popery
And Despotism In Europe E. B. Elliott J. Nisbet, 1853 America; Gran
Bretanya; Papes; Turquia
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