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Excerpt from Facts in Relation to the Progressive Increase, Present Condition, and Future Prospects, of Philadelphia: As Connected With the Permanent Location of Public Buildings
How many of these were erected in the western part of the city we are unable to ascertain precisely; but we know that a great number of those erected within the last few years have been built beyond Broad Street. And, indeed, an inspection of the houses in that quarter will show, that they almost all present an appearance of very late erection. Let us now take a summary view of some facts relating to the present condition of the city, by which it may be compared with the past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
