In the November Penn Press Podcast Drexel University historian Scott Gabriel Knowles discusses the legacy of Philadelphia architect and urban planner Edmund N. Bacon. Knowles is the editor of the new book, Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City. The interview covers Bacon's visionary 1959 essay "Philadelphia in 2009," as well as planning for the 1976 Bicentennial celebration.
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