#redevelopment

[liberalsarecool]

We need more of this walkable civic redevelopment. Repurpose dying malls and parking lots. Make green spaces, roof gardens, and increase public transit.

This is the future we all want. And deserve.

[asiaphotostudio]

Shanghai, 1996 Shanghai, China. 中国 上海市 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[chaddavisphotography]

The current state of the former Minneapolis police 3rd precinct police station. The station was burned by protesters following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

[aneverydaything]

Day 2436, 22 February 2025

Contrasting Docklands' re-development fortunes.

Re-development continues at pace in the former docklands area of East London. The building in front is Billingsgate Fish Market. It was once the largest fish market in the world. It moved from Central London to this site next to Canary Wharf in 1982. The site is now scheduled for further re-development and the historic fish market is expected to close forever in 2028with no financially viable alternative site available.

[tteraak]

☆ Seulgui Simple Lockscreen !

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[johndunwin]

Main street Skokie - waiting for redevelopment

[staticspaces]

Napa Valley Dreams

If you are interested, there is also a video!!

Now let's move inside this large home and take a look at the main floor. Unfortunately, within two weeks of my visit, this house was severely vandalised but there were still a lot of great things to be seen!!

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The saga of San Juan Hill, cont'd (for Part I, see this post)

On September 11, 1957, residents of San Juan Hill, the integrated, predominantly working-class neighborhood on the West Side between 59th and 65th Streets and West End and Amsterdam Avenues, showed up at City Hall. They were protesting the destruction of their homes for the purpose of building an arts complex called Lincoln Center.

The public hearing lasted nearly 11 hours, with 24 speakers supporting the project and 36 opposed. The issue was framed as housing vs. culture. They also pointed out that the housing units that Robert Moses had reluctantly agreed to build as part of the redevelopment would be out of the price range of current residents.

Two weeks later, West Side Story opened on Broadway. It took place entirely in San Juan Hill, although the community was never referred to by name. Although it's hard to believe now, the show received generally cool reviews; critics were taken aback by its grim realism and aggressive, jazzy score (by Leonard Bernstein).

Many neighborhood residents were offended by the portrayal of their home. Puerto Ricans, who made up 24% of the population who lived there, objected particularly to the line in the show-stopping number "America" that called Puerto Rico an "island of tropical diseases." (They ignored the context, which is a back-and-forth between a Puerto Rican girl who romanticizes the island and another who mocks her dreamy outlook.)

On October 25, the Board of Estimate, which was then the city's main decision-making body, held another hearing on the redevelopment project. This one lasted 18 hours, but it seemed that the Board's minds were made up. In late November, they voted unanimously to go ahead with Lincoln Center. Next June, the first residents of San Juan Hill were relocated.

In 1960, as the last of the brownstones were being demolished, a film crew moved in. It was the (first) screen version of West Side Story.

Photo: Gothamist

[unitedbydevils]

NEW STADIUM CONFIRMED

Well then, INEOS slash Sir Jim have confirmed that Manchester United will be pursuing the construction of a new £2 billion stadium and surrounding facilities - to be built next door to Old Trafford.

The concept art, above, might look like the very apt circus tent that would match our current Banter Era, but eagle-eyed folk will realise that this actually makes the trident shape of the United / Red Devil logo and branding.

I actually like what Foster + Partners, the architects, have proposed. I'm a big fan of ecologically friendly developments and the mix of concrete and steel with natural, green elements appeals. It looks alive, vibrant, and attractive, and with our own version of the Wembley Walk too.

In a statement put out by the club today - which coincided with a one-on-one interview between Gary Neville and Jim Ratcliffe, it was confirmed that the new as-yet-unnamed stadium would be a 100,000 seater ground.

This wording is interesting, because it could be generic but 100,000 seats... plus standing room? Or is it 100,000 capacity. I'm sure we'll find out in due course.

In terms of the looks - there are similarities in scope and scale to Wembley, but I would argue that the outside of Wembley looks shit. Inside is class, no denying that, but the new Theatre of Dreams looks like it could tick all the boxes: attractive inside, amplifies sound, attractive outside, spawns a community hub.

The estimated figures from the statement are the one concerning bit announced: host and personality Ste Howson tweeted about the £7.3bn annual revenue expected from the ground and the area regeneration.

In his comments, Howson points out that the Premier League as a whole only generates £6 billion a year, that the London Olympics generated approximately £17 billion over a decade, and that the total GDP of Greater Manchester is around £75 billion - meaning this would equate to 10% of the metropolitan area's output? What?

I should say that the statement says the POSSIBLE creation of 92,000 new jobs, more than 17,000 new homes... etc etc. So it might just be a soundbite blag for more attention. Or maybe more government backing.

So yes, there are big questions to be answered, but journalists will no doubt pick this up. I'm looking at The Athletic here.

In the meantime, United will continue to play at Old Trafford as the new stadium is built, and an update on the start date will surely be announced in the coming months.

[eopederson]

Gentrification, Canal Lachine, Montréal, 2023.

Once lined with flour mills, grain storage facilities and other industrial uses, the land along the canal is now being developed with lofts and condos.

[asiaphotostudio]

Nanning, 1996 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[chaddavisphotography]

New banners up as we near the 4th anniversary of protesters burning the Minneapolis police third precinct police station. After no major site activity since 2020, the city says they're going to begin site cleanup and take fencing down.

[sometimeslondon]

Battersea Power Station

I thought I had just got lucky with the clouds when I took this photo of the re-developed Battersea Poaer Station which is now shops, restaurants and apartments. In fact it is genuine vapour from the development's own own energy centre.

[anniekoh]

Redevelopment in Seoul

Area south of Itaewon becomes ghost town as Hannam New Town project pushes forward, Korea Times (July 2024)

The curtains are set to close around a large neighborhood south of central Seoul’s Itaewon, the first phase of the Hannam New Town redevelopment project.

Hannam Zone 3, the first of possibly four to commence, comprises parts of Bogwang-dong and Hannam-dong, separated by a narrow, tall ridge now filled with abandoned storefronts, some with their windows shattered. Unwanted furniture is piled along the alleyways, and scavengers prowl around during the day, loading whatever’s salvageable into their trucks. The green 01 village bus still weaves through the area but without passengers on this part of its route. As night falls, the streetlights still switch on, but the windows of the area’s many homes and shops remain dark. Everywhere, nature is creeping back in, but its lease is only temporary before full demolition begins.About seven months of large-scale evictions wrapped up last month, and almost all the area’s residents have moved on. The area was depopulated without violence, but the resulting derelict cityscape still feels more unsettling than calm, like a taped-off police crime scene, or a city evacuated after a disaster or the ruins of an ancient civilization wiped out by an invading force. After decades of delays, Seoul’s most culturally and economically diverse neighborhood begins its inevitable transformation into its most affluent. “It needs to happen. It should have happened decades ago. Is it kind of sad that it will inevitably become a copy/paste of other uber-rich areas in Korea? Kind of,” said a Canadian national who wished to be identified only by the name Gordon. “It would be nice if it could be developed with a new character of its own, but what can you do? It is some of the most central, most valuable land in Seoul, if not the entire country. It can’t remain as a dump that resembles 1960s Korea. Will it lead to ‘improvements for people’? Sure, those who can afford it.”

[sweetlyeclecticvoid]

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