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The Baltimore rowhouse

By HAYWARD , Charles , Mary Ellen; Belfoure

Book information

Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Year
1999
ISBN
1568982836, 978-1-56898-283-0, 9781568981772, 1568981775
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34405009 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
211\304
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Perhaps no other American city is so defined by an indigenous architectural style as Baltimore is by the rowhouse, whose brick facades march up and down the gentle hills of the city. Why did the rowhouse thrive in Baltimore? How did it escape destruction here, unlike in many other historic American cities? What were the forces that led to the citywide renovation of Baltimore's rowhouses? The Baltimore Rowhouse is the fascinating 200-year story of this building type. It chronicles the evolution of the rowhouse from its origins as speculative housing for immigrants, through its reclamation and renovation by young urban pioneers thanks to local government sponsorship, to its current occupation by a new cadre of wealthy professionals. The Baltimore Rowhouse was winner of the 2000 Maryland Historical Trust Heritage Book Award for outstanding books of scholarly or general interest

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