LEADER 04431nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910788306003321 005 20211008221230.0 010 $a0-8122-2359-4 010 $a0-8122-0784-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207842 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060345 035 $a(EBL)3442151 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870993 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454769 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870993 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10819825 035 $a(PQKB)10609647 035 $a(OCoLC)859161006 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24650 035 $a(DE-B1597)449681 035 $a(OCoLC)979970090 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207842 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748577 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442151 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060345 100 $a20120914d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEd Bacon$b[electronic resource] $eplanning, politics, and the building of modern Philadelphia /$fGregory L. Heller 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aThe city in the twenty-first century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-322-51227-2 311 0 $a0-8122-4490-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword /$rGarvin, Alexander --$tPreface --$tINTRODUCTION --$tChapter 1. Planning for a New Deal --$tChapter 2. Toward a Better Philadelphia --$tChapter 3. Planning for People --$tChapter 4. The Architect Planner --$tChapter 5. Reinvesting Downtown --$tChapter 6. The Planner Versus the Automobile --$tChapter 7. Articulating a Vision in a Shifting World --$tChapter 8. New Visions of Philadelphia --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations and Sources --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn the mid-twentieth century, as Americans abandoned city centers in droves to pursue picket-fenced visions of suburbia, architect and urban planner Edmund Bacon turned his sights on shaping urban America. As director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Bacon forged new approaches to neighborhood development and elevated Philadelphia's image to the level of great world cities. Urban development came with costs, however, and projects that displaced residents and replaced homes with highways did not go uncriticized, nor was every development that Bacon envisioned brought to fruition. Despite these challenges, Bacon oversaw the planning and implementation of dozens of redesigned urban spaces: the restored colonial neighborhood of Society Hill, the new office development of Penn Center, and the transit-oriented shopping center of Market East. Ed Bacon is the first biography of this charismatic but controversial figure. Gregory L. Heller traces the trajectory of Bacon's two-decade tenure as city planning director, which coincided with a transformational period in American planning history. Edmund Bacon is remembered as a larger-than-life personality, but in Heller's detailed account, his successes owed as much to his savvy negotiation of city politics and the pragmatic particulars of his vision. In the present day, as American cities continue to struggle with shrinkage and economic restructuring, Heller's insightful biography reveals an inspiring portrait of determination and a career-long effort to transform planning ideas into reality. 410 0$aCity in the twenty-first century book series. 606 $aCity planners$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vBiography 606 $aCity planning$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory$y20th century 610 $aArchitecture. 610 $aAutobiography. 610 $aBiography. 610 $aBooks of Regional Interest. 610 $aPublic Policy. 610 $aUrban Studies. 615 0$aCity planners 615 0$aCity planning$xHistory 676 $a711/.4092 676 $aB 700 $aHeller$b Gregory L$01475950 701 $aGarvin$b Alexander$0275529 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788306003321 996 $aEd Bacon$93690347 997 $aUNINA