Ed Bacon
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Ending the Curse of Billy Penn
Under a long-standing gentleman’s agreement, no building in Philadelphia could rise higher than the hat of William Penn’s statue atop City Hall. But in 1987, after that…
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Photo Project Offers Intimate View of Late Architect from Phoenixville, the Father of Modern Philadelphia
The Ed Bacon Photo Project, an online catalogue created by the Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania, offers an intimate view of…
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Book on Phoenixville’s Ed Bacon Shines Light on Philadelphia’s Massive Post-War Redevelopment Program
“Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia” by Gregory Heller shines light on the city’s massive post-war redevelopment program and the man…














































