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Northern Liberties : the story of a Philadelphia river ward
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Charleston, SC :
The History Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- What Are the Northern Liberties?
- Layout of the Land : The North End of Philadelphia
- Streets and Ways in the Liberties
- Setting Up Shop to Sell Sundries on Second Street
- Debauchery, Decadence and Drinking
- Religious Life : African Methodist, Jewish and Quaker
- Significant Structures, Sites and Societies
- Water and Gas for the People
- Manufacturing and Industry : Inventions and Innovations
- Religious Life : Presbyterian, Lutheran and Baptist
- Firefighting and Volunteer Fire Companies
- Politics and Problems in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s
- Manufacturing and Industry : Tanning Hides
- Religious Life : The Saint and the Sinner of NoLibs
- Banks, Schools and Hospitals for the People
- Trains and Transit through Northern Liberties
- Manufacturing and Industry : Brewing Beer
- Religious Life : The Eastern European and Russian Influx
- Places of Amusement for the People
- The Marshall Street Market/Mall/Makeover/Misfortune/Mess
- Skid Row and the Callowhill East Redevelopment Project
- Urban Revitalization and Housing Innovations
- Re-Greening and Renewal : Liberty Lands and Other Parks
- Chic Commercial Activity : The Shops at Schmidt's, the Piazza and More
- Epilogue.