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T  Acknowledgments This book began as a collaboration with Jonne Smith, a neighbor who shares my enthusiasm for Rittenhouse Square. Although she subsequently withdrew from the project, Jonne graciously permitted me to make use of the ideas, research, and writing that she contributed during the years we worked together, many of which are woven into the tapestry of this book. Her knowledge and industrious participation added an important dimension to this book; indeed, without her involvement, the book might never have been launched. For all her valuable contributions to this work, I am deeply grateful. The book is a tribute to her generosity in seeing this work completed. Dan Rottenberg, who has published many books and articles on Philadelphia history, was my editor and mentor in shaping the manuscript into the present text. I am indebted to him for his expertise, and especially for his good humor and moral support. I am grateful to Micah Kleit, my editor at Temple University Press, for believing that Rittenhouse Square was a subject worthy of historic research. I thank Acknowledgments [ xii Emily Taber and Gary Kramer at Temple University Press for helping me to acquire the many permissions required for publishing the photos and illustrations. I am similarly indebted to several curators and archivists, including Dana Lamparello at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Karen Lightner and Ted Cavanaugh in the Print Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Sarah Weatherwax and Nicole Joniec at the Library Company of Philadelphia, Holly Frisbee at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bill Whitaker at the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives, Dennis Buttleman of the Masonic Archives, John Pettit at the Temple University Urban Archives, Bruce Lavery, curator of architecture at the Philadelphia Athenaeum, and Susanna Thurlow of the Curtis Institute of Music. I am also grateful to the Reverend Terrance Roper and Mary Louise Fleisher of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Deacon Bill Mays of St. Patrick’s Church, and Brian McCloskey of Saint George’s United Methodist Church. In addition, I thank Rita Oaks for her graphic works, Karen Beck for her skills in bringing this book to its final stages, and Nancy Lombardi for her editorial expertise. ...

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