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Born: 1881, Died: 6/17/1963 Frederick T. Bigger achieved considerable prominence as an authority on city planning and urban renewal. He was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Thomas W. and Sarah Lois Coburn Bigger. He received his Certificate of Proficiency in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1903, and by 1908, according to his AIA application, was established in his own firm in Seattle with another graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, James S. Warner. Bigger & Warner became Evans, Bigger & Warner when the firm moved to Philadelphia in 1910 and joined forces with Edmund C. Evans. By 1914 Bigger had returned to Pittsburgh, however; and he continued to hold Pittsburgh as his base of operations until the end of his life.Bigger joined the AIA in 1914, achieved fellowship status in 1937, and emeritus in 1963. He served on the National Capital Planning Commission from 1948 to 1954 and is credited with being the chief planner for the Greenbelt Towns in Maryland, Ohio, and Wisconsin. A lifelong commitment to Pittsburgh can be seen in his service to the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission from 1922 to 1954, during which time he initiated and directed production of "The Pittsburgh Plan."
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