[PDF] City Planning In Philadelphia eBook

Author : John Andrew Gallery
Publisher : Center for Architecture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,11 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780979378706

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Walking guide and history of planning in Philadelphia, America's first capital. For tourists/architecture buffs.

Author : John William Reps
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0691238243

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This comprehensive survey of urban growth in America has become a standard work in the field. From the early colonial period to the First World War, John Reps explores to what extent city planning has been rooted in the nation's tradition, showing the extent of European influence on early communities. Illustrated by over three hundred reproductions of maps, plans, and panoramic views, this book presents hundreds of American cities and the unique factors affecting their development.

Author : Gregory L. Heller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2013-03-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 081220784X

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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 development and elevated Philadelphia's image to the level of great world cities. Urban development came with costs, however, and projects that displaced residents and replaced homes with highways did not go uncriticized, nor was every development that Bacon envisioned brought to fruition. Despite these challenges, Bacon oversaw the planning and implementation of dozens of redesigned urban spaces: the restored colonial neighborhood of Society Hill, the new office development of Penn Center, and the transit-oriented shopping center of Market East. Ed Bacon is the first biography of this charismatic but controversial figure. Gregory L. Heller traces the trajectory of Bacon's two-decade tenure as city planning director, which coincided with a transformational period in American planning history. Edmund Bacon is remembered as a larger-than-life personality, but in Heller's detailed account, his successes owed as much to his savvy negotiation of city politics and the pragmatic particulars of his vision. In the present day, as American cities continue to struggle with shrinkage and economic restructuring, Heller's insightful biography reveals an inspiring portrait of determination and a career-long effort to transform planning ideas into reality.