SynergiCity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City proposes a new and
invigorating vision of urbanism, architectural design, and urban
revitalization in twenty-first-century America. Culling transformative
ideas from the realms of historic preservation, sustainability,
ecological urbanism, and the innovation economy, Paul Hardin Kapp and
Paul J. Armstrong present a holistic vision for restoring industrial
cities suffering from population decline back into stimulating and
productive places to live and work. 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.
Contributors are Paul J. Armstrong, Donald K. Carter, Lynne M. Dearborn,
Norman W. Garrick, Mark Gillem, Robert Greenstreet, Craig Harlan
Hullinger, Paul Hardin Kapp, Ray Lees, Emil Malizia, John O. Norquist,
Christine Scott Thomson, and James Wasley.
