Description: Brand New Fading Ads of Philadelphiaby Lawrence O'Toole Philadelphia's faded ads are history in plain sight. They are tangible remnants of changing neighborhoods and industries, and Fading Ads of Philadelphia presents a new way to view these forgotten urban stories. Join author and photographer Lawrence O'Toole as he explores these physical touchstones of the city's history--a sign for a bygone family business seen only from the elevated train tracks, the Gretz smokestack advertising the now defunct Kensington brewery and an ad for the Midtown Theater that is slowly reappearing from behind layers of whitewash. O'Toole re-creates this lost urban landscape as he hunts signs from Center City to the River Wards and from South Philadelphia to West Philadelphia. Through this stunningly illustrated book, urbanites will again view these too often overlooked ads--and their stories--with fresh eyes.
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Location: Burlington, Connecticut
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Book Title: Fading ADS of Philadelphia
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Lawrence O'toole III
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Commerce, Advertising & Promotion, United States / General, Corporate & Business History
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
