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Tacony by Louis M. Iatarola (2000, Trade Paperback)

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A park was laid out in the center of the community and deed restrictions were imposed on all lots within his tract, prohibiting offenses that would interfere with stable family life, such as facilities for the sale or manufacture of alcohol.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-100738504599

ISBN-139780738504599

eBay Product ID (ePID)1726746

Product Key Features

Book TitleTacony

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Photography, History

AuthorLouis M. Iatarola

Book SeriesImages of America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-104061

As told byGephart, Siobhan, Historical Society of Tacony, Historical Society

SynopsisTacony is a community carved out of the banks of the Delaware River in the lower northeast portion of the city of Philadelphia. Originally settled by the Lenni Lenapes, the community evolved from a sleepy fishing and railroad village in the mid-nineteenth century to a planned community at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Envisioning a community free of the urban ills that plagued his sprawling factory close to the center of town, Henry Disston purchased approximately 390 acres of land in Tacony in 1871, reserving 40 for his factory. He laid out streets with ample lots designed for homes to be sold or rented to his employees. A park was laid out in the center of the community and deed restrictions were imposed on all lots within his tract, prohibiting offenses that would interfere with stable family life, such as facilities for the sale or manufacture of alcohol. Nearly 130 years later, Tacony is a shining example of the foresight of Henry Disston. His creation of a utopian Victorian factory town is evident today in the diversity of architecture, religion, ethnicity, and wealth status that make Tacony unique. His deed restrictions are still in effect in the original Disston tract in Tacony.