{"product_id":"philadelphia-in-color-1950-1990-8547","title":"Philadelphia in Color: 1950-1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To see our beloved city with all its diverse and rich images I am sure will conjure the scent of cheesesteaks, the 'Sound of Philadelphia, ' hot summer breezes, and so many faces of the people who are the heart of this keystone state.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e-- Colman Domingo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracking the emergence of widespread color photography to the dawn of the digital age, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia in Color 1950-1990\u003c\/i\u003e features hundreds of street photographs, portraits, and family snapshots to document the evolution of architecture, fashion, and expression in American urban life. The depth and grandeur of human experience is recorded in more than 360 color images by more than 200 photographers--many never seen publicly. They are from the collections of famous photographers and architects, including Stephen Shore, Denise Scott Brown, Laurie Olin, and Harvey Finkle, as well as dozens of amateurs, many sourced from archives and family collections. Taken together, they express the passion, pride, resilience, endurance, and flamboyance of a city and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia in Color\u003c\/i\u003e also tells a far more complicated story of how Philadelphians reinterpreted and redefined their city. In essays that contextualize the images, the editors recount how the people of Philadelphia experienced the dramatic economic, racial, and cultural shifts during these decades of deindustrialization and flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia in Color\u003c\/i\u003e fills a significant void in the city's visual history, while reframing the conversation about what kind of place Philadelphia was and might be. This is a civic portrait of Philadelphia as deep and dynamic as the city itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Popkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the writer and producer of \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit: Philadelphia and the Making of America\u003c\/i\u003e (2026), a 10-part documentary series from History Making Productions, and the nine-part series \u003ci\u003eFor the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSong of the City: An Intimate History of the American Urban Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia: Finding the Hidden City\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple), as well as four novels, most recently \u003ci\u003ePartly Strong, Partly Broken\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlyssa Shea\u003c\/b\u003e is a multimedia designer with collaborations spanning agencies, nonprofits, cultural organizations, entrepreneurs, writers, and artists. Her work has appeared in film festivals and art galleries, at book launches and trade shows, in storefronts and congressional reports, on billboards and tea tins. With partners like Hidden City Philadelphia, she is involved in the documentation and preservation of Philadelphia's vernacular history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Woodall\u003c\/b\u003e is a former newspaper reporter and producer for public radio. He co-founded the website \u003ci\u003eHidden City Daily\u003c\/i\u003e and is the Project Director of its parent organization, Hidden City Philadelphia. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia: Finding the Hidden City\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple University Press, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Zeidman\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emmy-nominated and Writer's Guild Award-winning writer\/producer who specializes in political, historical, and educational comedy. She works across TV\/film, digital media, and publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathaniel Popkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67843498672413,"sku":"9781439928547","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781439928547.jpg?v=1792617921","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/philadelphia-in-color-1950-1990-8547","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}