Imagining Philadelphia : Edmund Bacon and the future of the city

Imagining Philadelphia : Edmund Bacon and the future of the city / edited by Scott Gabriel Knowles.

In his 1959 essay "Philadelphia in the Year 2009," Edmund Bacon described a city remade, modernized in time to host the 1976 Bicentennial celebration and Philadelphia World's Fair. Imagining Philadelphia assesses Bacon's vision, discussing what has been accomplished and what migh...

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Other Authors: Knowles, Scott Gabriel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Bacon, Edmund N. > Political and social views
Bacon, Edmund N.
Bacon, Edmund N. > Political and social views.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission > Biography.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
1900-1999
City planning > United States > Case studies.
City planners > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
City planning > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planners
City planning
Forecasting
Political and social views
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Forecasting.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
Biographies
Case studies
History
Biographies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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