Remembering Kensington & Fishtown: Philadelphia"s Riverward Neighborhoods (American Chronicles (History Press)) (Paperback) - Common

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 884346829101


Land USA

The native americans called it shackamaxon, the place where the chiefs meet, but Kensington soon became a meeting place of a different kind. Ideologies and demagogues, industry and entrepreneurs all came together in Kensington and Fishtown. Kensington was the epicenter of the American vegetarian movement, and a decade later the area"s shipyards gave birth to the U.S. Navy"s first submarine. In "Ke...