Author appearance by local architect and photographer David S. Traub, showcasing his newest tribute to Philadelphia: a wide-ranging and eclectic tour of the city’s homes. This book offers full-color photographs and descriptions of Philadelphia homes — homes that date from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries, that range from modest rowhouses to distinctive mansions, and from the historically significant to the eccentrically expressive.
In Traub’s descriptions, these homes become portals to greater understanding: of the history of the neighborhood where they appear; of the range of architectural styles that characterize the city’s homes; and of the aesthetic effect of each building’s massing of visual elements, inflected by an open-ended curiosity about those who designed, built, or lived in these buildings—all combining to bring them to life on the page.
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