PREIT’s transformation of The Gallery into an upscale shopping outlet promises to be the suburban-minded downtown destination that the first mall failed to deliver. Contributor Chris Giuliano takes a look at the redevelopment of East Market and Edmond Bacon’s original plan

At its annual achievement awards ceremony next week, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia will recognize the Rohm & Haas Building for its 50th anniversary. Brad Maule explores how a collaboration designing the project—the first new building on Independence Mall—resulted in one of the largest multidisciplinary firms in the country

Former Mayor and Governor Ed Rendell will on Tuesday receive the 2014 Edmund N. Bacon Prize, given annually to someone for their accomplishments in planning, development, design, and community improvements. Rendell’s advocacy and investment in infrastructure earned him this year’s Prize. Hidden City co-editor Brad Maule talks with him about Bacon, water mains, Penn’s Landing, preservation and more in this Q&A

While Ed Bacon has earned his place as a household name in the lineage of Philadelphia’s built environment, an awful lot of that came filtered through the desk of Vincent G. Kling, who quietly passed away a month and a half ago. Brad Maule looks back at what he’s left Philadelphia

The first in our assessment of the new zoning code on its first anniversary, Sandy Smith explores the rewards and dangers of an inherently political process

  With a star studded lineup, Next City will this evening bring Ed Bacon back to the fore with a discussion titled “Revisiting Ed Bacon’s Legacy and the Future of Planning in Philly.” Featuring Greg Heller, whose biography Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia Nathaniel Popkin reviewed for Hidden City, and […]

Greg Heller’s biography of Ed Bacon—the first of its kind on the famous city planner—officially launches on Thursday with a reading and signing at the Center For Architecture. Sandy Smith sits down with Heller to discuss Bacon, his life, and his influence

In Gregory Heller’s just released book, the legendary city planner is a man of contradictions. Nathaniel Popkin reviews Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, the first comprehensive Bacon bio