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Wilmington... On the Move
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The 170-plus insightful photographs in Wilmington: On the Move portray Delaware's largest city at a time of robust revitalization.
Photographer Mike Biggs' selections show economic development in full bloom with an optimistic view to the future, and they honor a wide array of historic treasures that date back centuries. They explore the multi-faceted personalities of the three rivers that shape the city, rivers that brought European settlers here in the 17th century, powered mills and steel industries in the 18th and 19th centuries, and continue to play a vital role today.
Wilmington's excellent quality of life is celebrated in the beauty of its nearby countryside and many inviting parks, boasting abundant spring blossoms, golden fall foliage or a coating of snow. Highlights of the city's rich cultural life show there's something for everyone, from rockabilly to symphony and from cutting-edge art and theater to traditional favorites.
Expansive images of the skyline would be different if they were photographed just a week later because of the many development projects both downtown and on the bustling riverfront. New office complexes rise, restaurants and entertainment venues set up shop, and people move back to the city, to condos and apartments created in recycled old buildings and to newly built townhouses.
Historic gems like Old Swedes, one of the country's oldest church buildings, are presented in a new light. Christ Church, Grace Church, St. Hedwig's, Wilmington Friends and the city's first Presbyterian Church stand tall in this collection. The influence of the du Pont family ranges from the industrial, represented by Hagely Museum and DuPont Company's Experimental Station, to the naturalistic, most visibly the rolling countryside just minutes from downtown. Former du Pont family homes and gardens that are now popular museums, Winterthur and Nemours the most prominent, enrich the area's artistic and cultural heritage.
From both intimate and long-range angles, the candid photographs capture the diversity of Wilmington's people in their colorful festivals and parades---Italian, African-American, Hispanic, Irish, Polish, Greek---and the sports they love, from golf to rowing, and from Blue Rocks baseball to WorldTeam tennis and steeplechase racing. And they show them savoring the hot sounds of jazz and the cool delights of a serious ice cream festival.
