by Erik Kojola — September 9th, 2009 |
In The Media, Infill Philadelphia
Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites is becoming part of the public discussion about job creation and green economic development. In a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, A New Use for Industrial Sites: Industry, Beth Miller, Executive Director of the Community Design Collaborative and Thomas Dalfo, Vice President of Real Estate Services for the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, championed Philadelphia’s older industrial buildings and lots as good places to re-establish small manufacturing in the city.
Dalfo noted that new industries are cleaner, quieter, greener and less space-intensive than their predecessors– a better fit for urban neighborhoods. “Philadelphia has the best chance of any city” to pull off an industrial renewal, Miller added. “Philadelphia has it in its bones.”
Miller and Dalfo cited Globe Dye Works in Frankford as an example of the industrial reuse and remix in Philly’s future.
by Beth Miller — September 1st, 2009 |
Infill Philadelphia, Partnerships
- Infill Philadelphia will look at design strategies for revitalizing manufacturing in old industrial sites, like this former factory.
In the most recent real estate boom many former industrial buildings were converted to loft housing or demolished to make way for big box retail projects, but our shifting economy and the current administration’s focus on green industry is encouraging the reuse of our industrial landmarks for new manufacturing opportunities. The Community Design Collaborative will partner with the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation on the next phase of Infill Philadelphia, an initiative created by the Collaborative to promote workable solutions for revitalizing urban neighborhoods through innovative design.
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by Erik Kojola — September 1st, 2009 |
Events, Open Space, Partnerships
Two kids fasten bottles on the Repurpose! installation, with the help of Beth Miller, Community Design Collaborative executive director. Photo courtesy of Matthew Cianfrani/Slought Foundation.
Repurpose!, a one-day community workshop and public art project to develop creative uses for vacant land, brought together a diverse group of nonprofits, architects and Mantua residents on Saturday, August 22 to build a temporary canopy out of orange clothesline and recycled water bottles.
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