Ed Bacon - Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia

Informationen zum Autor Gregory L. Heller is Executive Director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. His writing on city planning has appeared in Next American City, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Alexander Garvin is President of AGA Public Realm Strategists, Inc., and author of several books, including The American City: What Works, What Doesn't. Klappentext Ed Bacon is the first biography of the innovative and controversial urban planner who transformed Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Ed Bacon is the first biography of the innovative and controversial urban planner who transformed Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword —Alexander Garvin 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 List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Gregory L Heller, Gregory L. Heller, Gregory L./ Garvin Heller
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2016
• EAN: 9780812223590
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2359-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: City in the Twenty-First Centu; The City in the Twenty-first Century; The City in the Twenty-First Century; City in the Twenty-First Centu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies