A major period during American history that I will look at is the time when Old City Philadelphia was being built. This was during the seventeen and eighteen hundreds. At a time when this wonderful country was in its infancy we needed to show the world that we are a new, rich, and powerful country. To me the ideas and architecture of the buildings in Old City reflected what America was about. Philadelphia set out …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…always be a fight to out do other countries in terms of building the newest and most modern buildings in the world. Buildings in your country tell a major part of how well your country is doing. If all of a sudden cities stopped building people would start to worry that there was something wrong. That is why this country will continue to build and will strive to have the newest and greatest architectural design.