Introducing The New Preservation Bookstore!
Undated image of Leary's Book Store adjacent to Gimbel's on 9th and Market. Img Source: Saturday Evening Post, 2/25/2011
Just in time for the holiday season, you can now do your book shopping while also supporting the Preservation Alliance! We are pleased to announce a partnership with Bookshop.org, where you can browse our customized list of titles, place your order and specify delivery anywhere in the continental United States! Best of all, a portion of every sale benefits the Preservation Alliance, and local independent bookstores. Everybody wins! We've developed an extensive list of titles on topics related to local history, architecture, social and cultural history, and preservation theory. Click below to review some fun ideas for the architect or preservationist in your life – maybe even you!
Your November
Preservation To-Do List
Tuesday, November 10
12:00 pm

Thomas Carstairs: The Man Behind Jeweler's Row
Presented by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Tuesday, November 10
12:00 pm

Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities

Presented by ULI Philadelphia

Tuesday, November 10
6:00 pm

Pride, Prejudice, and Precast –Theodore Prudon, President of DoCoMoMo US
Presented by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

November 11-13
6:30 pm

In With The Old 2020: Preserving Community
Presented by the Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance

Thursday, November 12
12:00 pm

Preserving Black History: Towards a More Inclusive Movement
Presented by the Weitzman School of Design

Thursday, November 12
6:00 pm

Mr. Furness's Neighborhoods: A Birthday Exploration of His World
Presented by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Saturday, November 14
4:30 pm

The McCullough Prize for Excellence in American Public History
Presented by The Carpenters’ Company

Sunday, November 15
4:30 pm

Tea with Frederick Douglass  
Presented by The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

Sunday, November 15
11:00 am

Sacred Spaces and Storied Places
Presented by Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

Wednesday, November 18
7:00 pm

A New Art With Us: Music in Colonial Philadelphia
Presented by Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Corporation

Friday, November 20
12:00 pm

Early American Graffiti: Finding, Interpreting, and Preserving an Accidental Archive
Presented by Weitzman School of Design

Tuesday, November 24
6:00 pm

The North Atlantic Cities
Presented by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

Fridays, By Appointment Only

Tours of Cliveden
Presented by Cliveden

November 6 - December 20

Places for the People
Presented by Carpenters' Hall

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