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Historic Philadelphia Athenaeum a Treasure House
I’ll have one of those 24’ ceilings, please!  That must be what the founders of the Philadelphia Athenaeum must have told architect John Notman in 1845 when he designed this grand Italianate Revival style building. And let’s put a grand marble front on it. Oh, the budget won’t stretch that far? OK, let’s use brownstone and become one of the first buildings in the city to star this material. Note: The building is located on Washington Square in center city Philadelphia, across from the Curtis Building--home of one of my favorite places, a lobby with a giant Tiffany glass mosaic, "Dream Garden" designed by Maxfield Parish. 
I attended a talk a friend was giving in this fantastic building recently, and had a leisurely look at it. It is where the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians holds many meetings, but since I brought the speaker, we had a narrated tour by Bruce Laverty, the Curator of Architecture.One of the unique pieces in the building has always been the 1873 water filter and stand. I learned that a chunk of ice was put at the top and the limestone filtered the icy water and produced a cool drink which could ... more

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