Industrial Uses

West Oakland: Upscaling Neighborhood, or Reviving Industrial Hub?

West Oakland's days as an industrial center are long gone, but city officials have a vision of rebuilding it as a clean energy mecca. Problem is, many locals have their own vision of upscaling the neighborhood with local eateries and condos.

5 March 2010 - 10:00am

The Wall St. Journal

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Manufacturing Jobs Returning to U.S.

As offshoring becomes more expensive due to the higher costs of shipping an international infrastructure, more companies are making plans to expand their manufacturing operations at home.

25 January 2010 - 8:00am

AreaDevelopment Online

The Plug-N-Play Factory

In Singapore, where land is precious, new concepts in building are being proposed to create shared resources for different industries in the same space.

9 January 2010 - 7:00am

AsiaOne

Jeffrey Barg

Class Conscience: When Is Clean-Slate Planning Okay?

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 06:44

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.

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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

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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