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Ed Bacon : planning, politics, and the building of modern Philadelphia / Gregory L. Heller.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks NA 9085 .B29 H45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, Gregory L.
- Series:
- City in the twenty-first century book series
- The city in the twenty-first century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bacon, Edmund N.
- City planners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.
- City planners.
- City planning--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
- Contents:
- Planning for a new deal
- Toward a better Philadelphia
- Planning for people
- The architect planner
- Reinvesting downtown
- The planner versus the automobile
- Articulating a vision in a shifting world
- New visions of Philadelphia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812244908
- 0812244907
- OCLC:
- 810586483
- Publisher Number:
- 99953878220
- Online:
- Book review (H-Net)
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