Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia
by
Gregory L. Heller
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2013
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...