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Source: PR Newswire
Date: October 14, 2005
Byline: Governor Edward G. Rendell

Comments on the Passing of Philadelphian Ed Bacon

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Governor Edward G. Rendell today issued the following statement and expressed his sorrow regarding the passing of Philadelphia city planner, Ed Bacon. "Philadelphia has lost one of his greatest citizens. The landscape of this city would have been miserably different and decidedly poorer had Ed Bacon not chosen to be a Philadelphian. "The things Ed did had an impact for well over five decades--beginning with his work with Mayors Clark and Dilworth in shaping and redesigning Center City Philadelphia to his work in the past few years influencing the design of our historic district and Independence Mall. I remember when he came to me with an idea for a son et lumiere show; today we know it as the ever-popular Lights of Liberty, and the nation's only sound and light show of its kind. "I will miss his enthusiasm and his passion to do what is right. The example and high standards that Ed Bacon set should be a constant reminder to all of us involved in planning for the expansion of and future of our city."

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