Author: Philadelphia City Planning Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Comments on Specific Provisions of Draft III Proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter
Author: Philadelphia City Planning Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Ed Bacon
Author: Gregory L. Heller
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220784X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In 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.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220784X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In 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.
Philadelphia 2035: Comprehensive Plan: Draft for Review
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437981836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437981836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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National Municipal Review
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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National Civic Review
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Catalogue of the Library of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library
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Category : Architectural design
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Category : Architectural design
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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What is home rule?.
Author: Hugh HEINRICK
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Philadelphia Government
Author: Pennsylvania Economy League
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Municipal Law Service Letter
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Alexander Hamilton's Famous Report on Manufactures
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
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Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Publisher:
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Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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