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Redefining America’s Postwar Urban Renewal at the Northgate of Springfield, MA

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dc.contributor.authorAbdelaal, Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorChen, Meilan
dc.contributor.authorDeng, Zhuoya
dc.contributor.authorDuym, Ericka
dc.contributor.authorKeskula, Laura
dc.contributor.authorLarico, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Bin
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Shu
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Wenjie
dc.contributor.authorNein-Large, Tharyn
dc.contributor.authorYu, Junzhi (Jason)
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Zhangkan
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T10:59:22.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T17:56:03Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T17:56:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-01
dc.description<p>Graduate Urban Design Studio 2014</p> <p><strong>Instructors: </strong></p> <p>Frank Sleegers, Assistant Professor</p> <p>Michael DiPasquale Extension Assistant Professor</p> <p><strong>Project location:</strong> Springfield, MA.</p> <p><strong>Edited by:</strong> Shu Liu and Frank Sleegers</p>
dc.description.abstractThis project presents visions for an underutilized and overlooked district in Springfield, MA, developed by the Graduate Urban Design Studio in the spring of 2014. The area between downtown and the North End neighborhood has undergone major transformations in the 1950’s and 1960’s during America’s era of postwar urban renewal. Residential blocks were replaced by large office buildings and oversized streets left a ”no-man’s land”. The current rehabilitation of the Springfield’s Union Station into an intermodal transportation hub should draw new attention to the area as the northern gateway to downtown - the “Northgate”. Five visionary design proposals rethink and redefine America’s postwar urban renewal and show possible future scenarios to re-imagine and revitalize a unique urban district close to the heart of the City. The design strategies include new urban greenways and recreation, sustainable green infrastructure adaptations, urban agriculture and farming, housing and mixed-use commercial opportunities.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/31969
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&amp;context=larp_grad_research&amp;unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectUrban Design
dc.subjectLandscape Architecture
dc.subjectGreen Infrastructure
dc.subjectRevitalization
dc.subjectUrban Planning
dc.subjectUrban Agriculture
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectEnvironmental Design
dc.subjectLandscape Architecture
dc.subjectUrban, Community and Regional Planning
dc.titleRedefining America’s Postwar Urban Renewal at the Northgate of Springfield, MA
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dc.typearticle
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:mohammed@facil.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Abdelaal, Mohammed
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:meilanchen@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Chen, Meilan
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:zdeng@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Deng, Zhuoya
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:eduym@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Duym, Ericka
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:laura.keskula@gmail.com|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Keskula, Laura
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:jlarico@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Larico, Joseph
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:bliu0@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Liu, Bin
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:shuliu@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Liu, Shu
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:wenjiel@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Liu, Wenjie
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:tneinlarge@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Nein-Large, Tharyn
digcom.contributor.authorYu, Junzhi (Jason)
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:zhangkanzhou@larp.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts - Amherst|Zhou, Zhangkan
digcom.identifierlarp_grad_research/37
digcom.identifier.contextkey6370751
digcom.identifier.submissionpathlarp_grad_research/37
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