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Edmund Bacon (architect)

Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author (died 2005)

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Born
May 2, 1910
Died
October 14, 2005
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1910

About Edmund Bacon (architect)

Edmund Norwood Bacon 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 of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia". He authored the seminal urban planning book Design of Cities. He was the father of actor Kevin Bacon. In 2002, at age 92, he skateboarded in LOVE Park, the plaza he founded and designed at Cornell University in 1932, as a protest against the city's ban on skateboarding in the park.

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The world when Edmund Bacon (architect) was born

Edmund Bacon (architect) was born in 1910. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1910

  • Best-selling book"The Rosary" – Florence L. Barclay

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Johnson defends heavyweight title, sparking nationwide debate
  • Top headlineBoy Scouts of America founded
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon lighting demonstrated in Paris
  • World population~1.7B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population92.2M

1910 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Edmund Bacon (architect)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19102026
Average home$3,395$435,000
Average income$574$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population92.2M341 million

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