Ed Bacon : Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia /

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Ed Bacon is the first biography of the innovative and controversial urban planner who transformed Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Heller, Gregory L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bacon, Edmund N.
City planning.
City planners.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
Urbanistes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
City planning > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
City planners > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 20th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Garvin, Alexander
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Planning for a New Deal
  • Chapter 2. Toward a Better Philadelphia
  • Chapter 3. Planning for People
  • Chapter 4. The Architect Planner
  • Chapter 5. Reinvesting Downtown
  • Chapter 6. The Planner Versus the Automobile
  • Chapter 7. Articulating a Vision in a Shifting World
  • Chapter 8. New Visions of Philadelphia
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations and Sources
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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