Milestones Oct. 24, 2005
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DIED. EDMUND BACON, 95, irascible urban planner (and father of actor Kevin Bacon) whose revitalization of Philadelphia landed him in 1964 on the cover of TIME, which lauded his work as the "most skillfully coordinated of all big-city programs in the U.S."; in Philadelphia. Among his contributions: the conception of Penn Center, a collection of high-rises, shops and restaurants credited with sparking the city's rebirth. Bacon's 1967 book, Design of Cities, remains a staple of many architecture classes.
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