Edmund Bacon
1910
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2005
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: Cranbrook Educational Community, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Swarthmore High School, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Friends' Central School
occupation: architect, urban planner
award received: Frank P. Brown Medal, Philadelphia Award, Athenaeum Literary Award
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 described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia". He authored the seminal urban planning book Design of Cities. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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