I stumbled across this amazing illustration while browsing the online Popular Graphic Arts collection at the Library of Congress. (I figure if you're going to procrastinate, might as well do something more constructive than play Angry Birds.) The listing doesn't specify where this originally appeared; the name on the shelf list card is "Webster & Hunter." But it does reminds me of those beautiful, elaborate illustrations that used to appear in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. Click on the image above for a much more detailed look.
Once upon a time, Philly had the world's tallest habitable building -- our City Hall -- and kept that title until 1908. The other buildings weren't too shabby, either... though I wonder how many still exist. Just off the top of my head, I know the Masonic Temple (#10) and Land Title Building (#15) are still around, and of course they haven't torn down either City Hall or Independence Hall (#9). But the others...? Feel free to share in the comments section, especially if you know where this illustration may have first appeared.
(Illustration courtesy the Popular Graphic Arts collection, Library of Congress.)
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