Imagining Philadelphia : Edmund Bacon and the future of the city /

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In his 1959 essay "Philadelphia in the Year 2009," Edmund Bacon described a city remade, modernized in time to host the 1976 Bicentennial celebration and Philadelphia World's Fair. Imagining Philadelphia assesses Bacon's vision, discussing what has been accomplished and what migh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Knowles, Scott Gabriel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Colección:EBL-Schweitzer
Temas:
Bacon, Edmund N. > Political and social views
Bacon, Edmund N.
Bacon, Edmund N. > Political and social views.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission > Biography.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
1900-1999
City planning > United States > Case studies.
City planners > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
City planning > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Urbanistes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planners
City planning
Forecasting
Political and social views
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Forecasting.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
"Multi-User"
Biography
Case Reports
Biographies
Case studies
History
Biographies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Philadelphia in the year 2009 / Edmund N. Bacon
  • Salesman of ideas : the life experiences that shaped Edmund Bacon / Gregory L. Heller
  • A utopian, a utopianist, or whatever the heck it is : Edmund Bacon and the complexity of the city / Guian McKee
  • Staying too long at the fair : Philadelphia planning and the debacle of 1976 / Scott Gabriel Knowles
  • Philadelphia in the year 2059 / Harris M. Steinberg
  • Afterword / Eugenie Birch.

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