Edmund Bacon
American urban planner
Died when: 95 years 165 days (1145 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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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 in which he was born, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia".
Among other works, he authored the seminal urban planning book Design of Cities.
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