Vintage 1966 Northwest Phildelphia District Plan published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Softcover with plastic spiral binding.The Mayor of Philadelphia at the time was James H. J. Tate and the Executive Director of the Planning Commission was Edmund N. Bacon, actor Kevin Bacon’s father. It was during his tenure at the City Planning Commission that Bacon and his staff conceived and implemented numerous large and small-scale design ideas that shaped today's Philadelphia. These design concepts became Penn Center, Market East, Penn's Landing, Society Hill, Independence Mall, and the Far Northeast.The book is illustrated throughout with photographs, diagrams and color maps.The book includes city planning objectives including transportation, education, recreation, census characteristics, community facilities and population projection.Some of the locations in Northwest Philadelphia include: Germantown, Stenton-Cheltenham Avenue, Schuylkill River, Ridge Avenue, Chestnut Hill, East Falls, and many more.Packed full of historical data and interesting city planning predictions.Condition is used. The front and back covers have overall wear with fading, discoloration, scratching, light staining and warping. The interior pages are in good condition with a few pages starting to tear away from the plastic binding on the bottom. No writing in book. Please zoom all photos for condition details.113 pages. Measures approximately 11-1/2 x 11 inches.
