SYNERGICITY:
REINVENTING THE POSTINDUSTRIAL CITY
SynergiCity celebrates the reinvention of industrial districts as mixed-use neighborhoods: warehouses become residences, factories contain offices, and industrial waterfronts are reborn as parks.
The word synergicity describes the social, economic, environmental, and political process through which developers, architects, urban planners, and citizens renew communities.
This exhibition presents stories of transformation in six Midwestern cities: Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis, and Peoria.
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SynergiCity is made possible through the generous support of the School of Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. |  |  | |||
With a particular emphasis on the Rust Belt of the American Midwest, SynergiCity argues that
cities such as Detroit, St. Louis, and Peoria must redefine themselves to be globally competitive.
This revitalization is possible through environmentally and economically sustainable restoration of
industrial areas and warehouse districts for commercial, research, light industrial, and residential
uses. The volume's expert researchers, urban planners, and architects draw on the redevelopment
successes of other major cities--such as the American Tobacco District in Durham, North Carolina,
and the Milwaukee River Greenway--to set guidelines and goals for reinventing and revitalizing the
postindustrial landscape.
cities such as Detroit, St. Louis, and Peoria must redefine themselves to be globally competitive.
This revitalization is possible through environmentally and economically sustainable restoration of
industrial areas and warehouse districts for commercial, research, light industrial, and residential
uses. The volume's expert researchers, urban planners, and architects draw on the redevelopment
successes of other major cities--such as the American Tobacco District in Durham, North Carolina,
and the Milwaukee River Greenway--to set guidelines and goals for reinventing and revitalizing the
postindustrial landscape.
Contributors are Paul J. Armstrong, Donald K. Carter, Lynne M. Dearborn, Norman W. Garrick,
Mark L. Gillem, Robert Greenstreet, Craig Harlan Hullinger, Paul Hardin Kapp, Ray Lees, Emil
Malizia, John O. Norquist, Christine Scott Thomson, and James H. Wasley.
Mark L. Gillem, Robert Greenstreet, Craig Harlan Hullinger, Paul Hardin Kapp, Ray Lees, Emil
Malizia, John O. Norquist, Christine Scott Thomson, and James H. Wasley.
"Instead of handing over neighborhoods to city hall or private developers, this book shows that
the solution to many cities' plights lies within them. Empowering residents to take control of and
build on community assets, engaging them in community-based organizations that can spearhead
revitalization and build real quality of place, yields real results. To the extent that they adopt a
holistic approach to planning and build on a city's intrinsic strengths, they can accomplish miracles.
"--from the foreword by Richard Florida
* Full Disclosure - Ray Lees and I wrote the chapter on Peoria redevelopment.
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