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020 $a9781616895006$qhardcover
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035 $a(OCoLC)939710317
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050 00 $aNA6589.E44$bW86 2016
082 00 $a711/.80974811$223
084 $aPHO001000$aARC011000$aTRV025050$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWunsch, Aaron V.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPalazzos of power :$bcentral stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930 /$cAaron V. Wunsch, Joseph E.B. Elliott ; foreword by David E. Nye.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPrinceton Architectural Press,$c[2016]
300 $a157 pages :$bchiefly illustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a""Majestic," "endangered", and "understudied"--Terms typically applied to endangered species - apply equally, if paradoxically, to one of the greatest sources of pollution in twentieth-century America: coal-fired metropolitan power plants. Nowhere is the building type more spectacularly present or more pressingly at risk than in Philadelphia, home to the mothballed central stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company. Monuments to the city's industrial might and suburban spread, they housed rows of ponderous boilers, turbines, and switchgear, as well as elaborate coal- and ash-handling systems. But it was these machines' neoclassical enclosures that commanded public attention. Designed to convey "solidity and immensity" in an age of deep public skepticism, they now stand vacant and decaying - a "blight" in the eyes of city planners and a beacon to urban explorers. Combining scholarly research, period illustrations, and contemporary photographs, Palazzos of Power sets Philadelphia's central stations in historical context, explains the mechanisms they housed, and records their spaces and surroundings. The book will appeal to scholarly and lay audiences"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aPhiladelphia Electric Company$xBuildings.
610 20 $aPhiladelphia Electric Company$xBuildings$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Industrial$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Industrial$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aElectric power-plants$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia.
650 0 $aElectric power-plants$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xBuildings, structures, etc.
651 0 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xBuildings, structures, etc.$vPictorial works.
650 7 $aPHOTOGRAPHY$xSubjects & Themes$xArchitectural & Industrial.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE$xBuildings$xPublic, Commercial & Industrial.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRAVEL$zUnited States$xNortheast$xMiddle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)$2bisacsh
700 1 $aElliott, Joseph E. B.,$eauthor.
700 1 $aNye, David E.,$d1946-$ewriter of foreword.
852 00 $boff,ave$hNA6589.E44$iW86 2016