Transformed: Reinventing Pittsburgh's Industrial Sites for a New Century, 1975-1995 - Softcover

Stoddard, George Evan; Tobias, Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998399604 ISBN 13: 9780998399607

Verlag: Harmony Street Publishers, 2016

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Páginas: 382 Géneros: 12:HBJK:History of the Americas 12:RPC:Urban & municipal planning Sinopsis: Transformed tells how civic leaders in Pittsburgh&mdash,once the world ,s steel capital&mdash,brought new uses to five derelict industrial brownfield sites. Polluted and largely abandoned Herr ,s Island became Washington ,s Landing, with upscale housing, a marina, rowing center and riverfront trails. LTV ,s shuttered Pittsburgh Steel Works became the Pittsburgh Technology Center, a home to academic and commercial R&,D. USX ,s Homestead Works, once the largest steel mill in the world, became the Sandcastle water park and the busy Waterfront, with big box stores, restaurants and riverfront housing. The Duquesne and National Works were reborn as the City Center of Duquesne and the Industrial Center of McKeesport. Transformed explains how this happened, and suggests lessons others can learn from Pittsburgh ,s experience._,

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Evan Stoddard's Transformed is a meticulous yet readable study of Pittsburgh's post-industrial rebirth. Careful use of historical and contemporary photographs, interviews, documentary evidence and his own experiences in city government makes this a vivid, compelling and gripping study of urban rebirth. Douglas Harper, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Duquesne University, and President, International Visual Sociology Association The Smoky City, once described as "hell with the lid off," has been miraculously reborn as a "most livable city." Dr. Evan Stoddard describes Pittsburgh's painful but ultimately uplifting transformation from his unique perspective as both a player and an observer. My journalism students found Transformed inspiring. As an expert researcher and skillful storyteller, Stoddard writes the compelling tale of this Rust Belt city as an enlightened organism, rising from its devastation, learning from its missteps, and still striving to pull up those left in the wake of its wreckage. Maggie Jones Patterson, Professor of Journalism, Duquesne University, and co-author of Rooney: A Sporting Life

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Pittsburgh history, environmental history, brownfields case studies, city planning Description: Transformed tells how civic leaders in Pittsburgh—once the world’s steel capital—brought new uses to five derelict industrial brownfield sites. Polluted and largely abandoned Herr’s Island became Washington’s Landing, with upscale housing, a marina, rowing center and riverfront trails. LTV’s shuttered Pittsburgh Steel Works became the Pittsburgh Technology Center, a home to academic and commercial R&D. USX’s Homestead Works, once the largest steel mill in the world, became the Sandcastle water park and the busy Waterfront, with big box stores, restaurants and riverfront housing. The Duquesne and National Works were reborn as the City Center of Duquesne and the Industrial Center of McKeesport. Transformed explains how this happened, and suggests lessons others can learn from Pittsburgh’s experience.

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• Verlag: Harmony Street Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0998399604
• ISBN 13: 9780998399607
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382
• Herausgeber: Diehl Maggie
• Zeichner: Stoddard Janet G.