quondam @ archinect/79/7907p.htm
Philadelphia?
Rita Novel 2004.09.23 14:20
As to so much architecture becoming 'not there,' is it any wonder that http://www.quondam.com/ originates from a modest rowhome in a Philadelphia neighborhood that most would rather leave behind?
I've lived and worked in Philadelphia almost 50 years now, most of my life, and I never stopped learning more and more.
It's probably safe to say Philadelphia is quondam brewery capital of the USA, ie, all the many, many old breweries are just not there anymore.
And don't even ask where the quondam American Palace Capital of the World is. (I know there's Newport, RI, but a pair of black and white Philadelphia architects designed a bunch of them as well.)
[Hey liberty bell, you have an open invitation to Arbor Street. The trip will be amusingly educational, I'm sure. I especially want more architects to personally see the substantial remains of the 1814 Whitaker Mills stone barn (a rare Philadelphia structure indeed) mostly hidden in Tacony Creek Park.]
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