UID:
almafu_9958352435702883
Format:
1 online resource (184 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812205961
Content:
In his 1959 essay "Philadelphia in the Year 2009," Edmund Bacon described a city remade, modernized in time to host the 1976 Bicentennial celebration and Philadelphia World's Fair. Imagining Philadelphia assesses Bacon's vision, discussing what has been accomplished and what might have been.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction: Revisiting Edmund Bacon’s Vision for the City --
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Chapter One. Philadelphia in the Year 2009 /
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Chapter Two. Salesman of Ideas: The Life Experiences That Shaped Edmund Bacon /
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Chapter Three. A Utopian, a Utopianist, or Whatever the Heck It Is: Edmund Bacon and the Complexity of the City /
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Chapter Four. Staying Too Long at the Fair: Philadelphia Planning and the Debacle of 1976 /
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Chapter Five. Philadelphia in the Year 2059 /
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Afterword /
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Notes --
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Contributors --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812205961
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205961
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205961
