Philadelphia: City of Homes

"Philadelphia: City of Homes is a collection of intriguing photographs of various types of Philadelphia homes taken and assembled with descriptive captions by longtime local architect David S. Traub. Compared to other large urban centers such as New York and Chicago, Philadelphia has relatively few apartment buildings. The single house or house-like structure still prevails in the city's architectural profile. This book covers seven different styles and forms of such houses: Philadelphia's Rowhouses (colloquially called rowhomes) and Townhouses, Twin Houses, Courtyard and Walkway Houses, Detached Houses, Mansions and Carriage Houses, Unusual Houses and Modern Houses and the New Vernacular within the city limits"--