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Edmund Norwood Bacon (* 2. Mai 1910 in Philadelphia; † 14. Oktober 2005) war ein US-amerikanischer Architekt, Stadtplaner und Autor. Bacon studierte an der Cornell University in Ithaca und der Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills.
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 ...
- October 14, 2005 (aged 95)
14. Mai 2013 · Books. Arts and Culture. Planning. Urban Design. A new biography by Gregory L. Heller explores Ed Bacon's role as a Philadelphia planner and as a third way between the visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses.
18. Okt. 2005 · 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...
28. Sept. 2010 · Learn about the vision and legacy of Edmund Bacon, the father of modern Philadelphia, who led the city's redevelopment after WWII. Explore his proposals for a 1976 World's Fair, a cable car system, and a revitalized riverfront, as well as his realized projects like Penn Center and Society Hill.
Design of Cities, first published in 1967, is an illustrated account of the development of urban form, written by Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), who was the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970. The work looks at the many aspects that influence city design, including spatial form ...
When Philadelphia’s iconoclastic City Planning Commission director Edmund Bacon looked into his crystal ball in 1959—imagining his city fifty years in the future—he saw a remarkable vision, Philadelphia transformed into “an unmatched expression of the vitality of American technology and culture.”
