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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Vacant lots"”.
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Using Geophysics and Terrestrial LiDAR to Assess Stormwater Parameters in Vacant Lots in Philadelphia
… LiDAR scan of the Berks St. site, a grassy vacant lot located just east of Temple’s campus was used to generate a high-resolution digital elevation model. This elevation model was used to calculate the depression storage parameter, partition subcatchments in the SWMM model, and calculate a …
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Binghamton's missing teeth: a study of city-owned vacant lots in Binghamton, New York
<p>Vacant land prevails in shrinking cities that have experienced urban outmigration and economic decline. Low-income neighborhoods and blight lead to conditions where vacant lots exist, consequently producing disamenities for the residents that live near them. Considered magnets of crime and …
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Building against vacancy : space, shelter, and support for LGBTQ homeless youth on double vacant lots in NYC
… a building is designed on a New York City-owned vacant lot in Harlem to serve homeless LGBTQ youth. The City of New York maintains the condition of vacancy scattered throughout the five boroughs where, The Department of Housing Preservation and Development owns over 1,300 empty lots. While these …
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The Effects of Urban Land Use on Wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)
… specifically wasps, in urban gardens and vacant lots in Cleveland, Ohio. This study is intended to (1) provide a broader survey of Hymenoptera in an urban context; (2) provide new information on diversity and distribution of parasitoid Hymenoptera; (3) assess the potential for parasitoids …
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The post-disaster shrinking city : vacant land types, patterns, and strategies in post-Katrina New Orleans
There were approximately 17,000 vacant lots in New Orleans in 2012, amounting to over 11 percent of total parcels in the city. Many of these lots have become vacant since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, but many were already empty. The population in parts of the older core of the city …
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Living downtown in Washington, D.C. : defining residential community in the city center
… is distinguished by boarded-up buildings and vacant lots. In spite of traces of a city plan that could organize and accommodate a variety of activities in the central core, downtown Washington is under used. The eastern section of the downtown, where the majority of decrepit buildings and …
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Revving up the Motor City : targeted neighborhood redevelopment in Detroit
… Michigan. This area is dominated by city-owned vacant lots, which make up half of the neighborhood. The plan, called the Far Eastside Project, is to rebuild the area with 4,000 homes and additional commercial space over the next 12 years. I analyze this plan, comparing it to strategies of …
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MONITORING STORMWATER INFILTRATION IN A VACANT LOT COMPARING TIME-LAPSE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY
Vacant lots in cities and surrounding urban areas can potentially be used for stormwater management because they are pervious. However, the extent to which vacant lots provide pervious cover to increase infiltration and reduce stormflow is poorly understood. The goal of this study was to develop …
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An Arts Community for the Logan Circle Neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
… in 1968 left many damaged buildings and vacant lots along the corridor. This project will seek to revitalize the area. Retail and mixed uses catering to the artist and appealing to the general public will be implemented on the 1500 block of 14th Street. An art center located within the …
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Reclaiming Identity: Utilizing Historic Fabric to Revitalize Downtown Rochester
… establishing public spaces, and developing vacant lots to benefit current and future residents and businesses. The development of downtown by respectfully utilizing historic fabric will address the unused skeletons of past endeavors by reclaiming these spaces. The opportunity to reclaim the …
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The M.I.T. Endicott House : a study in highest and best use
… it exists currently, subdividing it and selling vacant lots for single-family homes and subdividing the property, constructing single-family homes and selling them were examined. Values for differing scenarios were derived in several ways, making sure to use the appropriate methods for each. …
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Fertile ground: Community gardens in a low-income inner-city Chicago neighborhood and the development of social capital among African Americans
… residents come together to care for garden plots on vacant lots. These spaces, adjacent to abandoned housing, become social capital builders. By engaging in activities that require weekly teamwork, community members come to trust, share, and actively envision the transformation of bleak …
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Emerging from stasis : a new typology for the public building in centro Havana/
… re-opens to the rest of the world. Its frequent vacant lots and abandoned buildings, products of decay induced by decades of deferred maintenance, offer rich opportunities to imagine the insertion of a new type of public institution into the existing fabric of the city. In a context where the …
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Designing for the Future: Promoting Ecoliteracy in the Design of Children's Outdoor Play Environments
… affecting childhood experience. Wild places and vacant lots for kids to play in are disappearing. Parents have limited time to spend with their children and fear letting them play outside alone. Traffic is a growing safety hazard and there is an increasing desire for entertainment in the form of …
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Mapping impact : an analysis of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Land Trust
… specifically with regard to foreclosures, vacant lots, owner occupancy, and housing affordability? It also attempts to measure the land trust's impact spatially and quantitatively and isolate it from economic and social changes in the surrounding neighborhood and the broader Boston housing …
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The guerrilla in the garden/
… renewal in the 1970s as a means to clean up vacant lots, improve safety, and build social networks within neighborhoods. This study examines contemporary guerrilla gardening projects in New York and addresses the questions of whether guerrilla gardening today can still offer advantages over …
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Reconfiguring racial regimes of ownership: vacancy and the labor of revitalization on Chicago's South Side
… the postwar history of nearly three hundred vacant lots in the South Side Chicago neighborhood of Englewood by analyzing around ten thousand property records including deeds, mortgage and foreclosure documents, land installment contracts, declarations of contract forfeiture, tax deeds, liens, …
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Redeveloping Mississippi: A Case Study on Brownfields in Central & Southern Mississippi
… auto repair shops, railroad facilities, and vacant lots. In cases of successful redevelopment, however, these sites reemerge as local government offices, small businesses such as boutiques and restaurants, or empty lots transformed into greenspaces. I also examined economic growth potential …
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Design Thesis - ReStacks
… long-reaching alley systems which are lined with vacant lots and defunct infrastructure. Initially used for the storage of livestock and carriages, many of these alleys fell into disrepair after the introduction of gas-powered cars. Through partnership with homeowners, ReStacks has begun building …
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Urban Stratigraphy: The Backstory on Thirty-One Buffalo Blocks
… and demographic decline in the mid-20th century. Vacant lots and dilapidated residences now characterize the space, interspersed between three iconic structures: the Central Terminal, Corpus Christi R.C., and the Broadway Market. The crux of the project revolves around exploring how the …
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