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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edmund_Bacon_(architect)Edmund Bacon (architect) - Wikipedia

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   Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia , the city of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The ...

2. blog.phillyhistory.org › index › 2010The City that Might Have Been: Edmund Bacon’s Philadelphia

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   Sep 28, 2010 · Heralded as the father of modern Philadelphia, famed city planner Edmund Bacon was the man behind many of the city’s most notable post-WWII redevelopment projects, from Penn Center and Market East to Penn’s Landing and Society Hill.

3. philly.curbed.com › 2017/5/2 › 15501106Remembering Ed Bacon’s unbuilt visions for Philly

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   May 2, 2017 · Remembering city planner Ed Bacon’s unbuilt visions for Philly. A mural of longtime city planner Ed Bacon by Gaia sits in Center City. In 1959, Edmund Bacon wrote down his lofty hopes and visions...

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2005/10/18 › artsEdmund Bacon, 95, Urban Planner of Philadelphia, Dies

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   Oct 18, 2005 · Edmund N. Bacon, a leading postwar urban planner who remade much of Philadelphia, died on Friday at his home there. He was 95. His death was confirmed by his daughter Elinor Bacon.

6. nextcity.org › urbanist-news › recap-edmund-baconHow Edmund Bacon Influenced Planning in Philadelphia - Next City

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   Aug 1, 2013 · But as a Tuesday presentation at Philadelphia’s Fleisher Art Memorial illustrated, many of these pioneering ideas were generated and implemented by Edmund Bacon during his tenure as director of Philly’s City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970.

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   Who is Edmund Bacon?

   • A Philadelphia native and Cornell-educated architect, Edmund Bacon served as Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970.

   The City that Might Have Been: Edmund Bacon’s Philadelphia

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   How has Ed Bacon changed Philadelphia?

   • Policy goals, financing and the general outlook for Philadelphia have changed dramatically since the Ed Bacon era. Tuesday’s discussion, however, demonstrated the continued relevance of his contributions to city planning and urban thought. See reactions to Tuesday’s event in the Storify below.

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   What did Ed Bacon do for a living?

   • From 2004 until his death at the age of 95 the following year, Bacon helped found and served as an honorary director of a foundation that bears his name, the Ed Bacon Foundation, whose programs are now managed by the Edmund N. Bacon Memorial Committee at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture .

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   How many degrees did Edmund Bacon have?

   • Here, in a nod to his famous son Kevin, we look at the six degrees of Edmund Bacon: the people he influenced, and the city they helped create. Philadelphia at night, with the Penn Center buildings in the distance. Photo by Olga Kaya/iStock/Getty Images Plus. 1. The early days: Oscar Stonorov

   The Six Degrees of Edmund Bacon - American Planning Association

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8. www.planning.org › the-six-degrees-of-edmund-baconThe Six Degrees of Edmund Bacon - American Planning Association

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   Mar 17, 2023 · As head of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC), Edmund N. Bacon, FAICP, seared his stamp on the nation's then fourth-largest city like no one since founder William Penn in 1682.

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   Edmund Bacon, shown here in about 1948, is sometimes referred to as “the father of modern Philadelphia.” Born in the Philadelphia suburbs in 1910, he studied architecture at Cornell University and introduced a plan for a new civic center for Philadelphia as part of his senior thesis.

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