Edmund Norwood Bacon (1910 - 2005)

Born 2 May 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Hilda (Holmes) Bacon — married 16 Sep 1938 in New York, NY USA

Died 14 Oct 2005 at age 95 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Edmund Bacon is Notable.

Biography

Noted American urban planner, architect, educator and author. He was known as the "Father of Modern Philadelphia."^[1] He was Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970.

Mr. Bacon designed Love Park which became a skateboarding mecca and home of the X Games. Mr. Bacon protested a ban on skateboarding by skateboarding in Love Park. The ban is still in effect.

https://vimeo.com/57981966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Park

Bacon was the father of six children: two sons, noted actor Kevin Bacon, musician Michael Bacon, and four daughters, Karin, Elinor, Hilda and Prudence (later Kira). His wife was Ruth Hilda Holmes, a teacher and liberal political activist.

He graced the cover of Time Magazine in 1964.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Finding Your Roots

• Finding Your Roots: "Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 1, Episode 4). PBS. 8 April 2012. Web. 29 Sept 2015.
• 1920 census
• Wikipedia: Edmund Bacon
• https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,876419-3,00.html.
• http://www.geni.com/people/Edmund-Bacon/6000000004294056294
• http://poweltonhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/four-generations-of-baconatkinsonellisc.html Four Generations of the Bacon/Atkinson/Ellis/Comly/Watson Family in Powelton