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The Industrial Park: A Landscape-Based Vision For The Turners Falls Canal District, Josiah Simpson
The Industrial Park: A Landscape-Based Vision For The Turners Falls Canal District, Josiah Simpson
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Studio and Student Research and Creative Activity
This design study examines the history and economic context that defines Turners Falls as a de-industrialized mill town. It reviews the social, economic, locational, physical, and historical obstacles the town has faced redeveloping the mill buildings within its Canal District and proposes a landscape-based approach for addressing redevelopment. Landscape redevelopment is offered as an alternative to traditional redevelopment of buildings for non-affluent mill towns, like Turners Falls, because the costs associated with landscape upgrades are much lower and can provide multifunctional and multi-purpose spaces for many types of people. Additionally, it is a pathway for inviting community involvement that allows …
The Industrial Park: A Landscape-Based Vision For The Turners Falls Canal District, Josiah Simpson
The Industrial Park: A Landscape-Based Vision For The Turners Falls Canal District, Josiah Simpson
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects
This design study examines the history and economic context that defines Turners Falls as a de-industrialized mill town. It reviews the social, economic, locational, physical, and historical obstacles the town has faced redeveloping the mill buildings within its Canal District and proposes a landscape-based approach for addressing redevelopment. Landscape redevelopment is offered as an alternative to traditional redevelopment of buildings for non-affluent mill towns, like Turners Falls, because the costs associated with landscape upgrades are much lower and can provide multifunctional and multi-purpose spaces for many types of people. Additionally, it is a pathway for inviting community involvement that allows …