Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gregory L. Heller, Alexander Garvin (Contribution by)Series:City in the Twenty-First CenturyPublish date:2016-04-15Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812223590ISBN-10:812223594UPC:9780812223590Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Urban & Land Use PlanningSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCSS26G38X
In the mid-twentieth century, as Americans abandoned city centers in droves to pursue picket-fenced visions of suburbia, architect and urban planner Edmund Bacon turned his sights on shaping urban America. As director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Bacon forged new approaches to neighborhood development and elevated Philadelphia's image to the level of great world cities. Urban...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812223590ISBN-10:812223594UPC:9780812223590Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Urban & Land Use PlanningSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCSS26G38X
Gregory L. Heller is Executive Director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. His writing on city planning has appeared in Next American City, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Alexander Garvin is President of AGA Public Realm Strategists, Inc., and author of several...
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