Edmund Bacon Passed Away
Edmund Bacon passed away. I just found this out from PoliticsPhilly. What an awful shame that is. He was a very accomplished man who was extraordinarily inspirational.
Edmund Bacon was the City Planner for Philadelphia during the 50's, 60's and 70's. He was responsible for Love Park, the entire strip of buildings between City Hall and 30th Street on Market, and the revitalization of Society Hill. He was born in West Philly and passed away in his home in Center City.
I got a chance to meet him last year when Craig interviewed him for "Craig's Variety Show." One of the things that struck me about him was the fact that he was so focused on the future after such an accomplished life. What I said at the time was:
The thing that struck me most about him was the fact that he was the oldest person I've ever met who still spoke about the promise of the future, as opposed to superiority of the past. And not for nothing, his past is pretty damn cool. He biked across Europe at 22, worked in Shanghai at 23, and was worried about the plight of workers in Flint, Michigan before Michael Moore had even been conceived.
Philadelphia is a better place for many of the improvements he made as City Planner. We have lost a great treasure.
