The Grid and the River: Philadelphia's Green Places, 1682-1876 by Elizabeth Milroy

The Grid and the River: Philadelphia's Green Places, 1682-1876

Elizabeth Milroy

464 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

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Philadelphians are fond of quoting a letter in which William Penn described his vision of a "greene country towne, which will never be burnt & always wholesome." Today, Philadelphia's public parks cover more than ten thousand acres--roughly 11...

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