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Alexander Bing
American, 1878 - 1959
Person TypeIndividual
BiographyAlexander Bing (1879 - 1959) was also an author, artist, art patron and philanthropist. Bing was the first president of the Regional Planning Association of America, and the primary source of funding for the City Housing Corporation, the organization behind the development of housing landmark Sunnyside Gardens in Astoria, Queens, and the planned community of Radburn, New Jersey. Late in life Bing also started the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, with David Sholinger and Roy Neuberger.
