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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 ...
Edmund Norwood Bacon (Filadelfia 2 de mayo de 1910- 14 de octubre de 2005) fue un destacado urbanista de Estados Unidos, arquitecto, educador y autor. Durante su mandato como Director Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Planificación de la Ciudad de Filadelfia desde 1949 hasta 1970, sus visiones dieron forma a la Filadelfia de hoy, la ciudad en la ...
2 de may. de 2021 · La JFK plaza es casi un cuadrado perfecto de 100 x 100 metros ubicada en la intersección del Boulevard John F. Kennedy y la calle N 15th y es conocida como Love Park por la escultura de Robert Indiana de 1976, fue diseñada en 1965 por Edmund Bacon junto con el arquitecto Vincent Kling; en conjunto implementaron una plaza dura de ...
18 de oct. de 2005 · By Robin Pogrebin. 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...
Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics and the Building of Modern Philadelphia. By: Gregory L. Heller. “Edmund Bacon, probably the most relentless and determined of all planners, believed that the most important and difficult thing to do was deciding what to advocate and that the trick in making that decision was selecting something that you could ...
“The action of the Congress of the United States in appropriating one billion dollars to create a new urban environment places on all of us a responsibility we cannot duck.” 1 So Edmund Bacon began his remarks at the Harvard Urban Design Conference in 1956, provoking our reflections on the history of urban renewal, on the smaller value of ...
14 de may. de 2013 · Learn about Ed Bacon, a mid-century urban planner who favored pedestrians over automobiles and revitalized Philadelphia's downtown. The book explores his role, challenges, and legacy in the context of his time and the city.
