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RECONNECTION: INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTS IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY

BANYAS, JEANNE M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085598080

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2004, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture.
Urban waterfronts developed as areas of intense, industrial use. The water and its edge often became polluted to the point where they were toxic. Cities moved away from this environmental degradation by re-centering inland. After years of thinking of the waterfront as a contaminated, industrial area unfriendly to normal life, highways and other massive pieces of infrastructure were built, decisively separating city and water. Now, through the decentralization of industry, the shift from an industrial to a service economy, and general pressures of globalization, most large-scale industry and shipping has moved away from city centers. This has left behind industrial waterfront sites which are currently seen as areas in which to remake the post-industrial city. In order to create successful waterfront redevelopment projects, it is important to examine and facilitate connections that exist or should exist between the city and the water. The types of connections essential to waterfront development are the connection with the industrial past, the connection with the landscape, and connections within the fragmented city. Re-connection will ultimately lead to richer environments that help to sustain cities both socially and economically. Cleveland, Ohio is a city that typifies the problems of post-industrial cities. Through the exploration of this discussion of connections on a site bordering the Cuyahoga River, it will be possible to create a waterside community that both embraces the past industrial use and supports the struggling city.
David Saile (Advisor)
126 p.
Architecture
Industrial Waterfront; Urban Waterfront; Waterfront Redevelopment; Historic Preservation; Landscape Preservation; Cleveland, Ohio

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  • BANYAS, J. M. (2004). RECONNECTION: INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTS IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085598080

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • BANYAS, JEANNE. RECONNECTION: INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTS IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY. 2004. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085598080.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • BANYAS, JEANNE. "RECONNECTION: INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTS IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085598080

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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