Edmund Bacon
Edmund Bacon (1910-2005) 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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