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Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia(The City in the Twenty-First Century)

Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia(The City in the Twenty-First Century)


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About the Book

Ed Bacon is the first biography of the innovative and controversial urban planner who transformed Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century.

Table of Contents:
Foreword -Alexander Garvin Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Planning for a New Deal Chapter 2. Toward a Better Philadelphia Chapter 3. Planning for People Chapter 4. The Architect Planner Chapter 5. Reinvesting Downtown Chapter 6. The Planner Versus the Automobile Chapter 7. Articulating a Vision in a Shifting World Chapter 8. New Visions of Philadelphia Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

About the Author :
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 books, including The American City: What Works, What Doesn't.

Review :
"Heller's book gives us a fascinating-and sympathetic-account of Bacon's accomplishments."-The New Republic "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 bring to fruition... We are fortunate in having this stunning biography by Gregory Heller. The result is an engrossing story explaining how modern Philadelphia took shape."-From the Foreword, by Alexander Garvin


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780812207842
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia
  • ISBN-10: 081220784X
  • Publisher Date: 23 Mar 2013
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Series Title: The City in the Twenty-First Century


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