Philadelphia - Links to Sites about the City of Philadelphia

This page covers the following topics:

General Sources

• Digital City - Philadelphia
• LibertyNet
• Philadelphia - The place that LOVES YOU BACK
• Philadelphia Photo Archive - Database of Historical Photographs
• Philanet.com
• University of Pennsylvania Library - Current Information on Philadelphia
• University of Pennsylvania Library - Philadelphia History
• UShistory.org - Links
• Yahoo - Philadelphia

Architects - Historical

• Alfred Bendiner - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr. Collection - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Paul Philippe Cret  - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Cope and Stewardson  - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Frank Miles Day - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Wilson Eyre - GSFA archives University of Pennsylvania
• Frank Furness - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• John Haviland - 1792-1852
• Louis Kahn - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Mellor, Meigs, and Howe Collection - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania 
• Mitchell/Giurgola - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• George Patton - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Robert Smith - 1722-1777
• William Strickland - 1788-1854
• Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates  - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania
• Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary - GSFA archives, University of Pennsylvania

Architects - Practicing

• Agoos/Lovera
• Alvin Holm
• Anchor Point Architecture, Inc.
• John S. Andrews
• Andropogon Architects
• Atelier Darling-Wolf
• Atkins Olshin Lawson-Bell
• AP3C
• Ballinger
• C. Beardsley and Associates
• Cecil Baker and Associates
• BEAM, Ltd.
• Becker Winston Architects
• Blackney Hayes
• John Blatteau
• BluPath Design
• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
• Bower Lewis Thrower
• Brawer & Hauptman
• Joseph Brin
• Buell Kratzer Powell
• Burt Hill Kosar Rittlemann Associates
• CDA&I Architects
• CICADA
• Campbell Thomas & Co.
• Cecil Baker and Associates
• Cicada Architecture/Planning, Inc.
• Claflen Associates
• CLR Design
• Cope Linder
• Cubellis Associates
• Dagit Saylor
• Daroff Design
• DAS Architects
• DPK&A
• Dommert Philips
• DWKCB Architects
• Erdy McHenry Architecture
• EwingCole
• Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann
• Philip Franks and Associates
• Friday Architects/Planners
• GBQC Architects
• Granary Associates
• H2L2
• Hillier
• HLM Design
• Holland Architects
• Jacobs/Wyper
• Kelly/Maiello
• Kieran Timberlake
• Kise Straw and Kolodner
• Kling
• Krieger and Associates
• James Oleg Kruhly
• KSS Architects
• LandMark Design
• Joel Levinson Associates
• Lighthouse Architecture
• MGA Partners
• Martin Architectural Group
• Charles Matsinger Associates
• Lawrence D. McEwen
• Metcalfe Architecture + Design
• NELSON
• G. J. Olsen Architects
• Partridge Architects
• Purdy O'Gwynn Barnhart
• Re:Vision Architects
• JK Roller
• S. Harris and Co.
• Sandvold Blanda
• Santos Prescott
• Schade and Bolender
• Shapiro Petrauskas Gelber
• Sky Architects
• Gray Smith's Office
• Spg3
• SRF Architects and Associates
• SRK Architects
• Stokes Architects
• Susan Maxman Partners
• Terra Studio
• Tevebaugh Associates
• Tsirantonakis + Associates
• Ueland Junker McCauley Nicholson
• G. Peter Vander Heide
• Venturi Scott Brown Associates
• Vitetta
• Voith & Mactavish
• Jon Wagner Architect
• Wallace Roberts and Todd
• Brett Webber
• Weber and Company
• James Wentling
• Wentling House
• Wesley Architects
• Wyant Architecture

Architectural Research Resources at the Philadelphia City Archives

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Database

Philadelphia Historical Commission Database of Designated Properties in the City of Philadelphia

• Academic Architecture 

  • Erdman Hall, Dormitories for Bryn Mawr College - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Founder's Garden, Temple University -The George Patton Collection
  • Johnny Ring Court, Temple University - The George Patton Collection
  • Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania - The George Patton Collection
  • Main Building, Drexel University 
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Art
  • Perelman Quad - University of Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia College of Art - Louis I. Kahn Collection - unbuilt
  • Philadelphia University Architectural History
  • Richards Medical Research Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • University of Pennsylvania Library - Frank Furness Collection
  • University of Pennsylvania Library Building Restoration - The Frank Furness Collection
  • University of Pennsylvania Library Building Restoration - Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture - The Paul Philippe Cret Collection
• Commercial Architecture

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Philadelphia Terminal - The Frank Furness Collection
  • Bell Atlantic Tower
  • Commerce Square
  • Independence Blue Cross Tower
  • First Bank of the United States
  • First Union Building - 123 South Broad Street
  • Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company Building - Frank Furness Collection
  • King's Views of Philadelphia - Commercial Architecture 
  • King's Views of Philadelphia - Commercial Architecture of Germantown 
  • King's Views of Philadelphia - Industrial Architecture 
  • Mellon Bank Center
  • National Bank of the Republic - The Frank Furness Collection
  • One Library Place
  • PSFS Building
  • Provident Life Bank - The Frank Furness Collection
  • Ritz-Carlton (Girard Trust Building)
  • Second Bank of the United States
  • Skyscrapers of Philadelphia
  • Two Liberty Place
  • Wanamaker Building
    
    
    
• Industrial Architecture, Textile Mills

  • Bromley and Sons - Historic American Building Survey
  • Dobson Mills - Historic American Building Survey
  • Germantown Dye Works - Historic American Building Survey
  • Hinckley Knitting Mills - Historic American Building Survey
  • Shur's Lane Mill - Historic American Building Survey
  • Stetson - Historic American Building Survey
    
    
    

• Residential Architecture
  • Awbury Arboretum Housing Development for the ILGWU - unbuilt
  • Bartram, John House and Garden - Historic American Building Survey
  • Belmont Mansion
  • Belmont Mansion
  • Belmont Mansion - Historic American Building Survey
  • Boathouse Row
  • Brown Residence
  • Cedar Grove Mansion
  • Chamounix Mansion
  • Cliveden - Historic American Building Survey
  • Cliveden of the Historic Trust - 6401 Germantown Avenue
  • Community Design Collaborative - includes portfolio of projects
  • Comparative Study of Philadelphia Rowhouses
  • Deshler-Morris House - Historic American Building Survey
  • Ehle House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection - unbuilt
  • Elfreth's Alley - Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Esherick House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection - Chestnut Hill
  • Wilson Eyre designed Center City houses
  • Fairmount Park Residences (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
  • Fisher House - Great Buildings
  • Fisher House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Fleisher House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection  - unbuilt
  • Frank Furness - Residential Architecture
  • Fruchter House - Louis I. Kahn Collection - unbuilt
  • Genel House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Johnson House, Germantown - Historic American Buildings Survey
  • King's Views of Philadelphia - Residential Architecture in Center City 
  • King's Views of Philadelphia - Residential Architecture beyond Center City
  • Korman House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Laurel Hill Mansion
  • Lemon Hill Mansion
  • Mill Creek Project - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Mount Pleasant Mansion
  • Ormiston Mansion
  • Oser House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Philadelphia Suburban Homes - includes Chestnut Hill and Germantown, arranged by architect
  • Pine Ford Acres - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Roche House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
  • Rockland House
  • Samuel Shipley house, "Windon" - The Frank Furness Collection
  • Stenton - Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Strawberry Mansion
  • Strawberry Mansion - Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Sweetbriar Mansion
  • Tompkins House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection - unbuilt
  • Upsula - Historic American Buildings Survey
  • Vanna Venturi House
  • Woodford Mansion
  • Woodford Mansion - Historic American Buildings Survey

 Artists and Art Associations

Art Associations

• Greater Norristown Art League
• Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
• The Philadelphia Sketch Club

Artists

• Scott Aikens
• Joe Brenman sculptor
• Mary Cassatt -Art Cyclopedia
• Nick Cassway
• Clay Studio - ceramics
• Cathleen Cohen books of illustrated poetry
• Carol Cole sculptor
• Fred Danziger
• Larry Day
• Charles Demuth 
• Thomas Eakins - Art Cyclopedia
• Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, Sculptors
• Diane Hark Art
• Glenn Daniel Harren Fine Art
• Eric Hokanson
• Scott Jackson, Painter
• Lois M. Johnson printmaker
• Brinah Bank Kessler pastels and oil paintings
• Elizabeth A. Kinzie - Welcome to art lovers
• Diane Maurer
• Beth Minear rug weaver
• Eadweard Muybridge
• Chris Nissen - American Landscapes
• Ellis Augustus Oliver (1873-1937)
• Maxfield Parrish
• Charles Willson Peale
• Brian Petro mixed media photography
• Horace Pippin
• Yoram Ra'anan painter
• Joseph Sackman photographer
• David Shevlino Fine Art
• Craig Stover
• Elyah Succot paintings, lithographs
• Jeff Thomsen painter
• Benjamin West
• Fern Wayne Designs fabric and clothing design
• Lorna Weinberger painter
• Andrew Wyeth
• James Wyeth
• N.C. Wyeth
• Yitschak Ben Yehuda lithographs, ketubas
• Yohe Fine Art

Associations

• AIA - Philadelphia 
• American Academy of Pediatrics Pennsylvania Chapter
• American Board of Allergy and Immunology
• American Society for Information Science/Delaware Valley
• The American Women's Heritage Society, Inc.
• Beckmann Center for the History of Chemistry
• Ben Franklin Technology Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Center for East Asian Studies
• Center for Judaic Studies
• Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
• Committee of Seventy
• Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children
• Delaware Valley Child Care Council
• Delaware Valley Geriatrics Society
• Delaware Valley Grantmakers
• Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
• Devereux Foundation
• Diabetes Education and Research Center
• Eastern Technology Council
• Forty Plus of Philadelphia
• The Friends of the Delaware Canal
• Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia
• Geographical Society of Philadelphia
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
• Greenspace Alliance
• Green Valleys Association
• Health Sciences Libraries Consortium
• Hepatitis B Foundation
• Historic Philadelphia, Inc.
• Housing Association of Delaware Valley
• IVC of Philadelphia
• Institute for the Study of Civic Values
• Inter-Faith Working Group
• International House of Philadelphia
• The Leeway Foundation
• Liberty Resources, Inc.
• Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• MidAtlantic Employers' Association
• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
• National Association of Women Business Owners - Greater Philadelphia Chapter
• National Board of Medical Examiners Website
• Nonprofit Technology Resources
• Pennsylvania Economy League. Eastern Division
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
• Pennsylvania Humanities Council
• Pennsylvania NOW
• Pennsylvania Resources Council
• Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• Pew Charitable Trusts
• Philabundance
• Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
• The Philadelphia Foundation
• Philadelphia Psychiatric Society
• Police Athletic League of Philadelphia
• Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
• Preservation Pennsylvania
• Red Clay Valley Association
• Reinvestment Fund
• Salvation Army, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Division
• Savoy Company
• SCRUB - Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight
• Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter
• Taller Puertorriqueno
• John Templeton Foundation
• Victorian Society in America
• Water Resources Education Network
• William Penn Foundation
• Workforce 2000
• The Working Wardrobe
• World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

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Neighborhoods:

Philadelphia Neighborhoods
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City-Data.com Forums: Philadelphia
searchable discussion forums about Philadelphia

People

• The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies is part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The website can provide you with background information on many ethnic groups that have come to Philadelphia.

  • Click on the link to Education to begin your research.
  • Click on the link for PhilaPlace to experience the history of some of Philadelphia's neighborhoods and people
    

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Transportation

Woodhaven Road Project