Form, Design and the City (1962) | Philadelphia Urban Planning

Longtime Philadelphia City Planner ED BACON (father of Kevin Bacon) hosts this half hour documentary unveiling the city's "four point plan" for modernization. Presented for historical reference. From the Prelinger Archive. Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia, the city in which he was born, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia" https://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/in... ##### Reelblack's mission is to educate, elevate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If there is content shared on this platform that you feel infringes on your intellectual property, please email me at [email protected] and [email protected] with details and it will be promptly removed.