Edmund Bacon
Urban planner, Author
1910 – 2005
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Who was Edmund Bacon?
Edmund Norwood Bacon was a noted 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."
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- Born
- May 2, 1910
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Edmund Norwood Bacon
- Edmund N. Bacon
- The Father of Modern Philadelphia
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ruth Hilda Holmes
(1938 - 1991)
- Ruth Hilda Holmes
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Cornell University
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Oct 14, 2005
Philadelphia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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