Industrial Uses

Class Conscience: When Is Clean-Slate Planning Okay?

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 05:44
My classmate was up in front of everyone, flapping and flailing, pleading his case and getting shot down at every turn. It was a bit like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

It was also kind of like looking in the mirror.

I’m just more than halfway through a planning school studio project working on the beautiful (no, really) Lower Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. They’ve teamed up about 15 planner/urban designers with about 45 landscape architects, who, as I mentioned last time, are reasonably bonkers. That was about a month and a half ago; since then, I’ve begun to think maybe I’m the one needing a room with padded walls.

Documenting Industrial Areas on the Ground

By enlisting the help of concerned local citizens, researchers are getting better documentation of the locations of potentially polluting industrial land uses near residential areas.
9 September 2008 - 6:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Condo Towers Force Out Remaining Industries in NYC

A new round of zoning changes in NYC could mean the loss of over 20% of industrial-zoned land in the city.
28 August 2008 - 12:00pm
NY Daily News

Should Industrial Neighborhoods Be Made 'Livable'?

With the success of livability efforts in Minneapolis, efforts are underway to do the same for the Hiawatha light rail corridor. But active industry and historically significant grain silos create a challenge for new development.
24 August 2008 - 11:00am
MinnPost

Forget Coffeehouses- Businesses Want Freeways, Labor, Energy

Manufacturing still matters, and what manufacturers want hasn't changed much. The question is whether a "new economy" state like California can compete in the old economy.
14 August 2008 - 10:00am
California Planning and Development Report

$300 Million Mixed-Use Coming to Providence

A $300 million mixed-use development is bringing new life to a long-neglected industrial district of Providence, RI.
1 August 2008 - 7:00am
The New York Times

The Promise of New Industrial Jobs

Bethlehem Steel left 25 years ago, but a new, mysterious energy company is brining a glimmer of hope to Lackawanna, New York. The proposed plant, to be built on Bethlehem's brownfields, would convert petroleum coke into synthetic gas.
18 June 2008 - 6:00am
The Buffalo News

Boston's Cruise Boat Terminal Faces Uncertain Future

Once supported by the Mayor and Massachusetts Port Authority, plans to enhance Boston's Black Falcon cruise boat terminal are now up in the air.
29 April 2008 - 1:00pm
The Boston Globe
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