Redeveloping Industrial Sites: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and Developers

Introduction.

Section One The Industrial Legacy.

Chapter 1 Patterns of Industrial Settlement.

Industry Arrives.

Transportation.

Why Industry Left and What it Left Behind.

Chapter 2 The Emergence of an Industrial Architecture and Aesthetic.

Industrial Buildings--Early Developments.

Industrial Architecture and the Modern Movement.

Industrial Aesthetic and Renovation.

Section Two Redevelopment--An Overview.

Chapter 3 Project Planning.

Public Outreach: Requests for Proposals, Competitions and Other Tool for Public Participation.

Government Initiated Projects.

Developer Initiated Projects.

Community Initiated Projects.

Chapter 4 Public Policy and Urban Evolution.

Urban Evolution, Rezoning and Development Controls.

Retaining Industry.

Art as an Economic Development Engine.

Chapter 5 Environmental Remediation and Development.

Environmental Regulation.

Sidebar--Tacoma.

Sustainability Issues.

Remediation and Landscape Art and Architecture.

Chapter 6 Development Financing Programs.

Tax Credit Programs.

Conservation Easements.

TIF--Tax Incremental Financing for brownfields.

Section Three Project Types.

Chapter 7 Cultural Uses.

Architecture as Advertising.

Museums of Industry.

Adaptive Reuse.

Chapter 8 Residential, Commercial and Mixed-Use Developments.

Pioneering Projects.

Large Scale Redevelopment.

The Role of Single Purpose Entities or Development Corporations.

Self-Contained Projects.

Chapter 9 Open Space and Parks.

Creating New Parks--An Overview.

Retaining History through Design.

Waterfront Parks.

Hudson River Park.

Afterword.

Bibliography.

Appendix Resources.