Philadelphia is a hard mistress when it comes to honoring native talent; and the city has more than its fair share of notable figures. Consider colorful politicians like Frank Rizzo and Richardson Dilworth; international celebrities like Grace Kelly; sports legends like Connie Mack; Philadelphia Museum of Art icons like Anne d�Harnoncourt; or national radio personalities like Terry Gross. Business tycoons such as John Wanamaker and Russell Conwell; founder of Temple University; made many contributions to the city. Pearl Buck; author of The Good Earth; and Christopher Morley; America�s G.K. Chesterton; created legacies of their own. Other legends like the nearly forgotten Agnes Repplier; a world-famous essayist and contemporary of Henry James; and poet Daniel Hoffman; the designated US poet laureate in 1973�1974; have helped enrich the city�s literary reputation. There are Marian Anderson; Mario Lanza; and Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon; whose fame is equaled by his city planner father; Edmund. Architects like Frank Furness; Louis Kahn; and Vincent Kling helped transform the city into an international destination. And there are many notables looming outside the margins of this book; waiting for their day of discovery.
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