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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...
18. Mai 2013 · 1910 - 2005. Edmund Bacon. Pioneer Information. Born in Philadelphia, Bacon earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1932. After traveling to Europe, he spent a year working for American architect Henry Killam Murphy in China.
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.
Edmund N. Bacon. Edmund Norwood Bacon was born in Philadelphia to conservative Quaker parents and had ancestors who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682. His father was a medical editor at the J.B. Lippincott publishing firm. As a child, Bacon stood on the observatory platform at City Hall and surveyed the city.
