Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia Radiation The Year of Four Emperors

The Year of Four Emperors

heiress to the throne

a senior in high school

but with new territory comes new problems

reliving their ill-fated journeys through the streets

Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia Radiation The Year of Four EmperorsIn 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