Philadelphia's Late Planning Director Honored With Historical Marker
15 September 2006 - 5:00am
Ed Bacon, the renowned Planning Director whose face graced the cover of Time magazine in 1964 and whose design concepts shaped Philadelphia, was honored with a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker in LOVE Park.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission installed a permanent marker to commemorate the late urban planner in LOVE Park, which was Bacon's first design for Philadelphia. The location is also noteworthy as it subsequently became world famous as a skateboarding destination, and, in protest of the City's ban on the sport, Bacon skateboarded in the park at age 92.
Bacon passed away last October at age 95.
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Ed Bacon is honored at right spot: LOVE Park
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 2006
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