An in-depth tout of Philadelphia's architectural history from the 1700s to the present day-for the general reader.
Michael J. Lewis is the author of nine books on art and architecture, including Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, The Gothic Revival, and City of Refuge. He is the architecture critic at the Wall Street Journal, and his essays and reviews have been published in the New York Times, Commentary, New Criterion, and Architectural Record, among others. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art at Williams College, and divides his time between Williamstown, MA and Philadelphia.
