Final Book 10 16 Presentation

Ithaca, New York
Unchained Properties, LLC

Developer
LSA 442 Landscape Architecture Studio
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Contributor
Table of Contents
Modeling the Site
Cross sections
Site Research and Analysis

03
Physical Enlargement Model
05
SWOT Analysis
06
Site History
08
Production Links
Site History
Material History
Precedents
Contamination / Flora and Fauna
15
Existing Conditions
Migration
Flora and Fauna
Industrial Solutions
Biological Solutions
Context
Energy Basics
Site Suitability
Energy and Waste Opportunities
Inter-city
Intra-city
Zoning
Transportation
Services
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26
28
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
38
LEED ND and Zoning

Explanation and Details
Zoning
Case Studies
16
18
19
21
23
24
Energy and Waste
Multimodal Transportation, Demographics, and Services
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11
13
14
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46
48
MASS MoCA
Distillery District
Steel Yard
Bed ZED
Millers Court
Holiday Neighborhood
Hammarby Sjostad
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50
51
52
53
54
55
Modeling the Site
Models:
A
E
Cross Sections
Josh White
Valerie OBrien
Mikala Sherman
Kate Montgomery
Julia Graziano
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C
1
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18
F10A
11A
10
13B
9
8A
13A
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6
6A
14
35
33
34
NORTH
When creating the 6 sections present, we as a group attempted

to focus on areas of importance or heavily weighed for design
focus. The first 3 are part of a series cutting through the entrance of the site. The fourth section is a cut through the center
of the site and buildings that we will potentially redesign. The fifth
section is a cut down S. Cayuga Street that will help to design
a secondary entrance to the site and the sixth is a cut through
the entrance courtyard that shows the view of the city below.
100 200 300 400 500
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B
C
Section 1
A
A
MAIN ENTERANCE
FROM S. AURORA ST.
PARKING LOT
POSSIBLE VEGETATION
TYPES
MAPLE
CHESTNUT
TREE-OF-HEAVEN
GARLIC MUSTARD
WIND ANEMONE/THIMBLEWEED
RED CEDAR
HOP HORNBEAM
OAK
DEWBERRY
POISON IVY
TINKERS-WEED
EASTERN HEMLOCK
PERIWINKLE/MYRTLE
ELEVATION
CHANGE
ELEVATION
CHANGE
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57
50
30
A
Models - Cross Sections
SECTION 1
SECTION 1
NORTH
POSSIBLE VEGETATION
TYPES
VIOLET
YARROW
INDIAN STRAWBERRY
TOWER MUSTARD
FLEABANE
MILKWEED
CREEPING CHARLIE
BEGGARS-TICKS
TOADFLAX
GRASSES
SHRUB HONEYSUCKLE
BELLFLOWER
BUTTERCUP
SEDGE
DWARF SNAPDRAGON MULTIFLORA ROSE
BLACK NIGHTSHADE
CELANDINE
TALL GOLDENROD
CHICORY
GOLDENROD
CREEPING THISTLE
TALL SOW-THISTLE
WILD CARROT
COMMON SOW-THISTLE
TINKERS-WEED
ASTER
MOTH MULLEIN
DANDELION
COMMON MULLEIN
POISON IVY
VERVAIN
MUSCLEWOOD/ HORNBEAM
HICKORY
HACKBERRY
HAWTHORN
PALE SWALLOWWORT
WOOD FERN
WHITE ASH
WITCH-HAZEL
EBONY SPLEENWORT FERN
BLACK BIRCH
SEDGE
69
ACCESS ROAD
FROM S. AURORA ST.
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POSSIBLE VEGETATION
TYPES
MAPLES
TREE-OF-HEAVEN
GARLIC MUSTARD
WIND ANEMONE/THIMBLEWEED
SEDGE
HACKBERRY
DOGWOOD
HAWTHORN
PALE SWALLOWWORT
FERN
ASH
HONEY LOCUST
WITCH-HAZEL
BUTTERNUT
BLACK WALNUT
SHRUB HONEYSUCKLE
YELLOW SORREL
JAPANESE KNOTWEED
BUCKTHORN
BLACK LOCUST
MULTIFLORA ROSE
BLACKBERRY
DEWBERRY
THIMBLEBERRY
BITTERSWEET NIGHTSHADE
BLACK NIGHTSHADE
BASSWOOD
POISON IVY
COLTSFOOT
ELM
PERIWINKLE/MYRTLE
VIOLET
RASPBERRY
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UNKNOWN SOIL TYPE (Ua)

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10
20
A
A
SWOT Analysis
ITHACA COMMONS
Strengths | Weaknesses | Opportunities | Threats

Strengths
connections to downtown Ithaca
and surrounding neighborhoods
expansive views to area and
Cayuga Lake
location along heavily-used
route, 3 access points
96B
intact industrial buildings

existing parking areas
vegetative buffer zone
southern portion of site
TURNER PLACE
CAYUGA STREET
SWOT maps refer to the mapping

of resources based on four key
attributes that determine a sites
potential. Strengths are the
existing features that add to a
sites overall appeal. Weaknesses
can hold a site back but with
some design work can become
opportunities. Threats are forces
impacting the site that should be
addressed as soon as possible.
Together these attributes can
inform a cost benefit analysis to
inform the owner/operator.
MIL
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on
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Weaknesses
24
17
2
18
parcel divided between two

municipalities
11A
10A
3
10
3A
13B
9
4
adjacent to power transmission

station
13A
8A
8
16
6
6A
35
14
CITY OF ITHACA
TOWN OF ITHACA
very steep slopes (many >30%)
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34
TR
AI
Opportunities
GA
TE
AY
possible development zones at

southern edge of property
convert buildings to residential
units, with views to lake
A
H AC A
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F IT
Y O F IT H A
C IT
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TO W
remove buildings to create open

space
intact industrial buildings
existing parking areas
Threats
contamination
steep slopes with runoff issues
Modeling the Site - GIS Mapping
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F IT H A C
Y O F IT
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NORTH
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0.1
0.2 mi
Site Research and Analysis
SITE HISTORY DESIGN WITH HISTORICAL ELEMENTS
Chain Works District
The Story of the Site...

Ithaca, New York started as a small farm town in the late 1700s
that was incorporated in 1888. Early on, most of the development within the
town was on the north side of Six Mile Creek, but in 1870, a steel bridge
was built over the creek providing access to the South Hill region. Over time,
this area was built up, mainly with residential units, except for the site where
the Morse plant would eventually sit. Houses had not been constructed
on the land because of the steepness of the slope and the proximity to
the railroad, which was built in 1828. In 1906, Morse Chain Works moved
its manufacturing from Trumansburg to the slope of South Hill in Ithaca,
capitalizing on the areas shallow depth to bedrock.

The building and company grew over the years, hosting a myriad
of different industrial manufacturing processes. In 1929, the factory joined
the Borg-Warner Corporation and continued to expand its reach. The final
transition came in 1983 with the sale of the factory to Emerson Power
Transmission which ran the plant till 2009 when it moved its operations to
a new factory site, and the complex on South Hill was abandoned.
Site Research and Analysis - Site History
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR
Production Links
ThomasMorse Aircraft
Corporation
World War I
Germany
Consolidated aircraft
Buffalo, NY, USA
Convair
San Diego, CA, USA
McDonnell Douglas
San Diego, CA, USA
Barr Morse
Type-Writer
Morse Adding
Machine
National Cash Register

Ithaca, NY, USA

Gwinnett County, GA, USA
Chain
Works
Morse Systems
Brazil
Chevrolet
Transmission
Sprocket
Ithaca, NY,
USA
Poole
Clock
Poole Clock Company

New Haven, CT, USA
Morse
Tasco
Arithmometer Adder
Morse Systems
Japan
Morse Systems
Italy
Barr Clock
Weedsport, NY, USA
Throughout the history of the

Chain Works site, the buildings
have housed numerous industries
and companies. In the the early
1900s, Morse Chainworks went
through a period of expansion,
aquiring a number of small
industrial companies, expanding
the products made and
assembled within its walls. This
period was followed by a span
of relative stability, and then in
the 1970s, the company began
a series of name changes, which
finally ended with Emerson Power
Transmission. Reading from left
to right, this drawing shows the
relative time that each company
began and ceased to be housed
within the site, and the many
companies that took over
production.
Morse Systems
Ithaca, NY, USA
Morse Systems
India
Tavella Sales Company

of New York City
Morse Systems
Mexico
Industrial
Chain
Chain drive in Navy

tug boats
Japan
BorgWarner Inc.
World Headquarters
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
Time
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
Present
Site History
Through the Decades
Existing Conditions
1960s
1950s
1940s
1920s
1910s
est. 1906
Bldg 35
Heat Treat
Building
In conjuction with the oil
quenching process, heat
treating was used to
harden parts.
Processes
Bldg 34
Sprocket Manufacturing
Bldg 13B
Bldg 33
Steel Storage
Shipping
Bldg 13A
Bldg 11
Joint Parts
Gantry Garden
Large presses and cutting

dies were used to produce
parts for different types
of joints.
An overhead crane
within the building was
used for loading and
unloading products.
Bldg 6A
Assembly Yard
Dry Kiln
The kiln was used to dry out

wooden parts without an type of
moisture.
Annealing
Annealing was the process of

covering a metal part with a thin
coat of another metal such as
copper.
Oil Quench
Large vats of oil were
used to cool and harden
steel parts.
the Foundry
Bldg 6
Dry Kiln
The area were molten steel was

poured into molds to produce
parts.
Bldg 24

-
Bldg 21
Morse R&D
Formerly City Water Reservoir
Bldg 3
Bldg 14
Tool and Dye 1st floor Gashouse Workyard
Assembly 2nd floor
Held any type of cutting
Machine Shop 3rd floor gases and welding gases.
Bldg 8A
Press Basement
Shipping 1st floor
Airplane Factory 2nd & 3rd floors
Bldg 8
Bldg 1
Chain Headquarters
Bldg 2
Wood Shop Basement
Machine Shop 1st floor
Assembly 2nd floor
Annealing Courtyard
Bldg 9
Foundry Studio
Material History
Formal Inventory
Windows
Surfaces
Considering future development

of the site, there is a great deal
of inspiration that can be drawn
from within the empty buildings.
Without the interruption of
irregular shaped machines and
the distraction of activity,
the structure of the buildings
comes into sharper focus. The
many repetitive forms of the
columns, the windows, and other
fundamental contruction, the
unique palette of colors, as well
as in some unqiue patterns on
the walls and floors can all be
used to inform future designs.
Columns
The production within the

factory has long since ended,
and the buildings hollowed out
and emptied, leaving just the
bones. However, even without
the richness of textures visible
in so many historic photos, in
the crowded factory rooms
full of machinery and people,
the buildings still retain a very
distinctive character.
Strijp S, Netherlands
Carve, Deltavormgroep, Piet Oudolf
Part of a large industrial complex in
Eindhoven in the Netherlands established
by Philips in 1891, Strijp S was sold
to an investor for redevopment in
2004 to create a hybrid living and
working environment. Leidingstraat,
a long walkway was a focus of the
redevelopment. The path runs right along
one of the buildings in the complex under
a massive network of pipes that used to
transport gas, water, and electricity to
buildings throughout the site. The team
that was in charge of the redesign, Piet
Oudolf Har Hollands, Deltavormgroep and
Carve, worked with the existing palette
of materials. The surface of the walkway
is composed of just two different sizes
of concrete slabs, that are also stacked
to form simple seating. The planters were
designed as hollow bridge girders and
are placed within the existing patterns
of infrastructure, giving the planting the
appearance of having grown up wild in
whatever hollows they could find, seeds
blown in by the wind. The plants were
also chosen for their more rugged and
loose appearance, spreading out from the
beds and dropping down between pipes.
Also to further highlight the network, the
pipes are lit in places by LED lights which
change intensity and color to create a
sense of movement in the no longer
active pipes.
Msheireb, Qatar
AECOM, Arup
The largest city in Qatar, Doha was

once a small fishing village prior to the
discovery of oil and gas in the 1930s.
The compact network of low lying
adobe houses, domes and minarets,
was transformed by the construction
of massive towers and hotels in the
new urban sprawl. The new planned
residential component of the Msheireb
redevelopment harks back to old modes
of development, focusing on communities
and the old style neighborhoods, fireejs,
which emphasize the idea of collective
identity. The new neighborhoods will also
borrow from the architectural language
of the region that was ignored by the
newer construction during the height of
the citys development, reincorporating
elements such as colonnades, living
roofs, and water features in addition to
modes such as modularity and repetition.
The new neighborhoods will consist of six
townhouses each with private courtyards
and will all be organized together around
public spaces and gardens.
Contamination, Flora, and Fauna
Existing
Conditions
South Hill neighborhood

TCE soil monitoring
Chain Works District is an

industrial
brownfield
site
that contains a mix of plant
communities
of
various
quality and several types of
contamination found in existing
buildings, soil, and groundwater.
An ecologist identified the
existing plant communities on
site; their location on the map
is estimated based on soil,
slope, and areal images. The
mapped contaminants include
TCE, barium, cyanide, and free
petroleum, and are the result
of historical industrial activities.
More surveys and testing will
need to be done to understand
the full extent of contamination
on site.
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17
18
4
8A
33
13A
6A
10A
10
15
35
14
24
Former spray pond

Fire Water Reservoir
(TCE contaminated groundwater)
Former Petroleum storage
Former degreaser (TCE)
Former quench oil pit
Former cadmium and cyanide plating
Former open reservoir
Former oil pump house
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Former oil drums
Monitoring Well VOCs Observed

Monitoring Well No VOCs Observed
TCE > 250 ug/m3
TCE 51-250 ug/m3
TCE 5.1-50 ug/m3
TCE 0.218-5 ug/m3
Area of Concern
TCE Seep
Barium and Cyanide
Free Petroleum
Existing Building
Existing Building to be Removed
Hot Spot Building to be Removed
Areas of Concern
Successional Old Field
Successional Northern Hardwood
Oak Hickory
NO RT H
025 .05
2
11A
13B
Legend
0.
Area of Concern
0.1
0.2 mi.
Site Research and Analysis - Contamination, Flora & Fauna
Former oil drums

Former oil drums
Bulk oil storage
Area of Concern
Area of Concern
Negative Impacts
Possible Solutions
TCEs and VOCs
Liver damage
Kidney damage
Immunological damage
Endocrine damage
Air Stripping
Soil Venting
Excavation and Exportation
Phytoremediation
Barium and Cyanide
Difficulty breathing
Palpitation
Paralysis
Unconsciousness
Respiratory arrest
Cyanosis
Death

Mycoremediation
Headache
Nausea
Dizziness
Coma
Death
Soil Venting
Phytoremediation
Contaminant
Free Petroleum
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1
17
18
Legend
Monitoring Well VOCs Observed

Monitoring Well No VOCs Observed
TCE > 250 ug/m3
TCE 51-250 ug/m3
TCE 5.1-50 ug/m3
TCE 0.218-5 ug/m3
Area of Concern
TCE Seep
Barium and Cyanide
Free Petroleum
Existing Building
Areas of Concern
Oak Hickory
11A
10A
10
13B
4
8A
6A
33
34
13A
8
15
35
14
24
Migration
Bioaccumulation
& Distribution
34
Ca
yug
Aphids Var.
(.25 mi)
aL
ake
96
Seven-spotted Beetle
(.5 mi)
13
Chain Works
District
Tompkins County
Allegheny Woodrat
(1 mi)
79
Downy Woodpecker
(2.5 mi)
79
Long-Tailed Weasel
(7 mi)
Double-crested Cormorant
(800 mi.)
13
White-Tailed Deer
(10 mi)
34
Eastern U.S. Migration Map

Species Migration
Distance from Site
100 200
N
400 mi.
Tompkins County Migration Map

Species Migration
Distance from Site
0 .5
1.5
2.5
N
5 mi.
The migration of fauna that feed

on contaminated vegetation
at the Chain Works site can
spread the contaminats to other
areas they visit. The migration
distance of species recorded in
the area are mapped relative to
each other. Most species that
visit the site have a migration
distance within a 10 mile radius
of Tompkins County. There are
many protected areas and state
parks within this county that
could be negatively affected
by the contamination. Of the
species examined, the double
breasted cormorant has the
largest range; which includes the
entire east coast.
Section
Flora and Fauna

This section illustrates the flora
and fauna on site based on
estimations of plant community
location. Species significant to
bioremediation; willow, poplar,
and white rot fungus, were either
confirmed on site or likely to
exist and are shown in green on
the section. The illustrated flora
are species characteristic of the
plant communities identified on
site based on a plant list done for
the Chainworks GEIS. The plant
communities found on site are
Forest, Successional Old Field,
and Appalachian Oak-Hickory
Forest. The fauna shown are
species closely associated with
the plant communities that are
known to exist around the South
Hill Ithaca area. Estimates of
trophic level and biomagnification
of contaminants are included. Not
all species on site are illustrated
in this section.
Cherry
Black Cherry, Prunus serotina
Poplar
Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides
White Rot Fungus

Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Red Maple
Red Maple, Acer rubrum
Ash
White Ash, Fraxinus americana Green
Ash, Fraxinus Pensylvanica
Bluegrass
Wiry Bluegrass, Poa compressa
Kentucky Bluegrass, Poa pratensis
Legend
Building 6A
Barium, Cyanide and Free Petroleum contamination
A
Mining Bees
Emerald Ash
Borer
Black-capped
Chickadee
Long-Tailed
Weasel
(Invasive)
Succession Northern Hardwood Forest

0 3 6
NORTH

0
100 200 300 400 500
12
24
Willow
White Ash
Rusty Willow, Salix atrocinerea

Stiff Willow, Salix eriocephala
Meadow Willow, Salix petiolaris
White Ash, Fraxinus americana
Flowering Perennials
Wild carrot/Queen Annes lace, Daucus carota
Canada Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis
Orange Hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum
Yellow Hawkweed, Hieracium caespitosum
Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella
Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis
Common Ragweed, Ambrosia artemisifolia
Red Maple
Red Maple, Acer rubrum
Fisher Cat
White Oak, Quercus alba

Red Oak, Quercus rubra
Black Oak, Quercus velutina
Subcanopy
Red Raspberry, Rubus idaeus

Blackberry, Rubus allegheniensis
Dewberry, Rubus flagellaris
Black Raspberry, Rubus occidentalis
Thimbleberry, Rubus odoratus
Hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana

Choke cherry, Prunus virginiana
Witch-hazel, Hamamelis virginiana
Subshrub
Gray Dogwood, Cornus racemosa
Red Raspberry, Rubus idaeus
Herbaceous
Staghorn sumac, Rhus Typhina

Gray Dogwood, Cornus racemosa
Swamp Dogwood, Cornus amomum
Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana
Broad-headed
Bug
Oak
Bitternut Hickory, Carya cordiformis

Pignut Hickory, Carya glabra
Red Hickory, Carya ovalis
Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovata
Berry
Shrub
Aphids
Hickory
Rattlesnake-root, Prenanthes altissima

Pennsylvania sedge, Carex pensylvanica
Seven-spotted
Beetle
Asian Long
Horned Beetle
American
Robin
Allegheny Woodrat
White Tailed Deer
(Invasive)
Appalachian Oak-Hickory Forest

A
Solutions
Air Stripping and Carbon Absorption

TCE and VOCs
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Industrial Methods
In order to cleanup the
contaminants present, industrial
methods are often used. Some
of the methods are utilized for
a specific contaminant while
others can be used to remediate
a wide variety of contaminants.
Various factors determine where
each method is applicable on the
site, such as depth to bedrock
and hydrology. While industrial
methods are commonly used to
cleanup large scale contamination
sites, they often have negative
environmental impacts.
Duration
Months
Efficiency
95%
Stacked Tower Air Stripper
17
18
Duration
Years
Efficiency
20-30%
Water with dissolved TCE

Medium
High
10A
10
Cost
Low
11A
13B
8A
Cost
24
Low
Medium
6A
High
13A
8
15
14
35
33
34
Duration
Months
Efficiency
Soil Dependent
Years
Duration
Granulated Activated
Carbon Filter
Efficiency
Cost
Low
Medium
High
90%
Cost
Pressurized Air
Low
Medium
High
Medium
High
Potable Water
Duration
Months
Efficiency
95%
Duration
Efficiency 20-30%
Duration Years
Cost
Efficiency Dependent on Habitat
Soil
Venting
Duration
Weeks
Cost VOCs, and Free Petroleum

TCE,
Efficiency
99% Low
Medium
Years
High
Low
21
Cost
Cost
Low
Medium
Low
High
Medium
17
High
18
Duration
Efficiency
Pressurized Air
Duration
Low
Medium
90%
Cost
High
Low
Legend
Medium
High
Perforated Pipe
Dissolved TCE
Duration
Weeks
Duration
Years
Efficiency
99%
Efficiency
Dependent on Habitat
Cost
Cost
Low
Medium
High
Low
Medium
High
34
13A
6A
33
Soil Surface
Area of Concern
TCE Seep
Barium and Cyanide
Free Petroleum
Existing Building
Areas of Concern
Potential location for solution
8A
Years
6
Cost
Soil Dependent
Efficiency
11A
10A
10
13B
Gaseous TCE
Months
15
35
14
24
Low
Medium
High
Low
Solutions
Medium
High

TCE, VOCs, Heavy metals, and Free Petroleum
21
Industrial Methods
1
17
Duration
Weeks
Duration
Years
Efficiency
99%
Efficiency
18
9
8A
Low
High
Medium
High
6A
13A
Medium
10
13B
Cost
Low
11A
10A
Cost
24
15
14
35
33
34
Contaminated Soil
Methanotophs
TCE and VOCs
21
1
17
18
Duration
Years
Efficiency
20-30%
8A
Medium
High
Soil Surface
34
Legend
Area of Concern
TCE Seep
Barium and Cyanide
Free Petroleum
Existing Building
Areas of Concern
Water Table
Years
Efficiency
90%
Cost
Low
Duration
Years
Medium
High
13A
6A
33
Duration
Cost
Low
11A
10A
10
13B
Pressurized Air and Methane
15
35
14
24
Efficiency
20-30%
Cost
Solutions
Low
Medium
High
Willow, Poplar,
and
Clover
Phytoremediation
TCE, VOCs, and Free Petroleum

21
Biological methods
1
17
Plants metabolize TCE and

other
organic
compounds,
producing Oxygen and biomass
as outputs. Biomass used for
phytoremediation of TCE can
be harvested and used for
any purpose such as fuel or
woodchips.
Phytoremediation
used for chemicals other than
VOCs may not metabolize the
toxins, and therefore the outputs
are not known.
Years
Duration
18
90%
Efficiency
24
2
11A
10A
10
13B
4
8A
Cost
Low
Duration
Years
Efficiency
20-30%
Medium
High
6A
13A
15
14
35
33
34
Cost
Low
Duration
Medium
High
Years
Soil Surface
Efficiency Dependent on Habitat

Duration Years
Cost
Efficiency 90% Low
Medium
High
Cost
Low
Medium
High
Mycoremediation with White Rot Fungus

TCE and Cyanide
21
1
17
Duration
Years
Efficiency
18
9
8A
Cost
Low
Medium
High
34
Area of Concern
TCE Seep
Barium and Cyanide
Free Petroleum
Existing Building
Areas of Concern
13A
6A
33
Legend
11A
10A
10
13B
15
35
14
24
Multimodal Transportation,
Demographics, and Services
Vincent Ryan| Bryan McKnight
INTER-CITY
ITHACA
ELMIRA
SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK STATE
5.39 SQ.MI.
7.25 SQ.MI.
28.07 SQ.MI.
47,126.4 SQ.MI.
30,720
28,647
27,436
19,746,227
92.1%
82.8%
94.1%
85.2%%
63.7%
13.7%
48.2%
33.2%
65%
23.5%
24.5%
21.3%
$677
$68,972
$1,011
$297,771
$1,109
$277,600
7.9%
15.3%
Demographic Census Data

THIS DATA COMPARES ITHACAS
HOUSING, AGE, EDUCATION,
AND POVERTY LEVELS TO
CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE AND
NEW YORK STATE. CENSUS
DATA SHOWS CONCLUSIVELY
THAT ITHACA STANDS OUT IN
ITS PERCENTS OF YOUNG AND
EDUCATED PEOPLE. DESPITE
HIGH HOUSING AND RENT COSTS,
ITHACA STANDS RELATIVELY
HIGH IN ITS PERCENT OF PEOPLE
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. A
LARGE STUDENT POPULATION
MAY ACCOUNT FOR THESE
FIGURES BUT THE PRESENCE
OF SKIDMORE UNIVERSITY
IN SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW
YORK WOULD THEORETICALLY
SUPPORT SIMILAR POVERTY
STATISTICS. REGARDLESS, IT IS
CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE CHAINWORKS DISTRICT
LIES IN A CITY DOMINATED BY
THE POOR,YOUNG, AND HIGHLY
EDUCATED.
POPULATION
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE
OR HIGHER,
PERSONS AGE
25+ (2009-13)
BACHELORS
DEGREE
OR HIGHER,
PERSONS AGE
25+ (2009-13)
% AGE 15-29
(2009-2013)
MEDIAN GROSS
RENT
MEDIAN GROSS
HOUSE PRICE
% BELOW
POVERTY LINE
(2009-2013)
$904
$198,165
46.4%
Site Research + Analysis - Multi-Modal Transportation + Demographics + Services
29.2%
Downtown
Population- 1479
Household Value-$312,100.00
Rent/month- $680.00
Collegetown
Population- 5666
Household Value-$235,900.00
Rent/month-$969.00
Cornell University
Population- 1461
Household Value- $0.00
Rent/month- $0.00
North Campus
Population- 3976
Rent/month- $2,000.00
Cornell Heights
Population- 1174
Household Value- $351,300.00
Fall Creek
Intra-City
Demographic Tract Data

Demographic statistics within the city reflect the
socio-econmic dynamics that exist from one area
to the next. Data was gathered from the American
Community Survey and divided the City of Ithacainto
several tracts. This data can help appropriate
home values as well as how much rent to charge.
Based on the evolution of the city the value inherit
within the South Hill Tract may flocuctuate based
on how popular the site becomes. More data
can be found on the ACS website to make other
informed decisions such as education levels and
poverty striken areas. Data is an important tool
in not only seeing problems but backing solutions.
Population- 4060
Rent/month- $893.00
Northside
Population- 2338
Rent/month- $796.00
West Hill
Population- 1211
Rent/month- $785.00
Southside
Population- 3285
Rent/month- $644.00
South Hill
Population- 2499
Rent/month- $773.00
Ithaca College
Population- 0000
Rent/month- $0.00
Belle Sherman
Population- 2625
NORTH
1,000
Feet
2,000
ZONING
CAYUGA LAKE
Tompkins County Property Classifications

THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROPERTY
CLASSIFICATIONS OF PARCELS IN
ITHACA CITY AND THE TOWN OF
ITHACA. ITHACA COLLEGE AND
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT
FOR A TWO LARGE PARCELS
IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF
ITHACA CITY. IMMEDIATELY
WEST OF THE CHAINWORKS
DISTRICT SITS A CLUSTER OF
COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
MOST OF THE CITYS CENTER
IS COMPRISED OF MIXED
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
AREAS
OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ARE SPARSE BUT MAKE UP
LARGE TRACTS OF LAND. LARGE
AMOUNTS OF RECREATIONAL
AREA SIT AROUND CAYUGA LAKE.
Property Classifications
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TOWN OF ITHACA
Commercial
Vacant
TOWN OF ITHACA
CITY OF ITHACA
CAYUGA HEIGHTS
CITY OF ITHACA
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UNIVERSITY
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Industrial
University
ITHACA
COMMONS
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TOWN OF ITHACA
CITY OF ITHACA
TOWN OF ITHACA
Recreation
Public
Services
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ITHACA
COLLEGE
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TRANSPORTATION
RIDERSHIP BY MONTH FOR 2014 (WEEKDAY VS. WEEKEND)
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The T-Cat bus system operates

throughout Ithaca City and into
suburbs and rural areas outside
of Ithaca. Ridership statistics
reflect a high ridership during
weekdays and during spring
and autumn months. Tract data
indicates the most common
modes of transportation as they
compare from tract to tract. A
high density of bus stops in the
area in and around the Ithaca
Commons make it a hub for
travel to, from, and around the
city.
DEC .
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TOWN OF ITHACA
TOWN OF ITHACA
CITY OF ITHACA
SIZE OF SPHERE IS PROPOTIONATE TO TOTAL MONTHLY RIDERSHIP
RIDERSHIP BY DAY OF WEEK AND HOUR OF DAY
CAYUGA HEIGHTS
CITY OF ITHACA
1 800
1600
1400
A VE RAGE R ID E RSH IP PE R H OUR
1200
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DAY(S) OF THE WEE K
1000
M O N -FRI (AVERAG E)
S ATURDAY
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CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
13A
600
Legend
400
200
4AM
5AM
6AM
7AM
8AM
9AM 1 0AM 11AM N OON 1PM
2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM

H O U R OF D A Y
6PM
7PM
8PM
9PM
10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM
2 AM
Ride Share
Location
1/2 MILE
3AM
Bus Stop
ITHACA
COMMONS
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Modes of Transportation in the City of Ithaca
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S I X M IL E C RE
35.5%
37.1%
CITY OF ITHACA
TOWN OF ITHACA
8.6%
10.9%
* In rural areas, riders may

flag bus at any safe
stopping location along the
route.
* In urban areas, riders
may flag bus at any safe
corner (intersection of two
streets along the route).
* On the Cornell campus,
buses may stop only at
designated stops for
safety reasons.
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Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Bicycle
Public Trans
Carpool
Hiking Trail
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TOWN OF ITHACA
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ITHACA
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THE COMMONS
Activities Outside

of the Commons
Eas t Buffal o Str eet
Spatial Amenities Massing
Kids
Ithaca Childrens Garden

Cayuga Nature Center
Carl Sagan Planet Walk
Tompkins County Public Library
Eas t Sen eca Str eet

Nor th Cay uga Str eet
The Coomons is a central hub for downtown

Ithaca. Several types of amenities exist within
this district to accomodate visitors and locals from
around the Finger Lakes region. Although, the
map would suggest a low density of businesses,
the Commons area is rich in diversity. Ranging
from paper shops to Ethopian foods there is
something for everyone. Headed by the Ithaca
Downtown Alliance (IDA) the Commons attracts
many new and local shops to its area because
of its destination and surrounding infrastructure
such as gas stations, sidewalks, parks, etc. The
IDA is currently looking to fill vacancies with
womens clothing stores, lingerie, a shoe store,
and other general convience stores. The Alliance
is also intrested in attracting Non-profits and
Tech buissnesses to diversify its portfolio. These
recommendations are to be considered for the
Chiain Works District project due to its proximity.
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Restaurants and Bars (9.5%)
Retail (15.2%)
Museum of Art
Taughannock Falls State Park
Carl Sagan Planet Walk
Cinemapolis
Eas t Gre en Str eet

Adults
Entertainment (1.9%)
Mixed-Use (5.3%)
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Treman Marina
Kitchen Theatre
Downtown Ithaca Farmers Market
Art in the Heart of the City
Light Intensity
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lighting experienced as the night progresses. We
all know that businesses close as it gets dark,
however, which areas of the city are open later
than others. Its no question that the Commons
would be a bright area because of their high
number of bars in the area. An important
conclusion that can be derived from this map
is the lack of avaiable nightime destinations
around the site in question. Oppurtunities exist
to activate the site at night to invite late closing
bussinesses to the area. One disadvantage
to this strategy is the more light produced
decreases sight distance and optimal viewsheds.
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Overview
LEED ND is a point based system
utilized for promoting high
performing, well connected, and
sustainable community design.
It is important to note that LEED
for Neighborhood Development
explores oppertunities beyond
the
innovative
functioning
of buildings and into entire
sustainable community planning
process.
Dockside Green, British Columbia, Canada
Site Research and Analysis -LEED ND and Zoning
Existing:
Examples:
Brownfield Remediation
Access to Quality Transit
Preferred Location
CHAIN WORKS, Ithaca, New York
Site Research and Analysis -LEED ND and Zoning Issues
Primary:
Examples:
Walkable Streets
Rain Water Management
Compact Development
Green Streets, Portland, Oregon
Site Research and Analysis - LEED ND and Zoning Issues
Supplementary:
Examples:
Local Food Production
Reduce Parking Footprint
Outdoor Water Use Efficiency
The GrowHaus, Denver, Colorado
Green City, Green Parking, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
LEED ND
Explanation
No Points Rewarded: Required
Required:
Smart Location: Building on previously developed land, strongly rewarded
Imperiled Species and Ecological Communities, Wetland and Water Body Conservation, Flood Plain Avoidnce: Designing with nature, avoiding
natural areas, restoring and conserving habitat areas and wetland. Minimize site construction impact and always protect steep slope
Agricultural Land Conservation: Avoid important agricultural land that may be within the site.
Walkable Streets: Design with comfort and safety in mind, think of how to create inviting spaces, connection in the overall layout, building entrances
and exits that are easily accessible from walkway, low speed roads where pedestrians may gather. On street parking and landscaping between the
road and walkway can create a buffer zone for extra safety while on the walk way (9 points)
Compact Development: Designing compact developments allows for less infrastructure, can mean having neighborhood schools, shops and parks
close together. This can also be achieved by having multi-leveled neighborhoods. Attempt to have a range of housing types to encourage social
diversity (9 points)
Certified Green Building: It is required to have at least one green building, any additions will allow you to gain more points. Some ways to receive
these points would be to efficiently use energy and water, have high indoor air quality, sustainability sourced to recycled materials, and also have
a sensitive design.
Connected and Open Community: Creating an open community requires you to think not only within the community but outside of it also. This can be
achieved by using frequent street connections, few barriers, and street connectivity and cross cutting. Thinking of the navigation by bicycle or foot
will help you to design these routes. (2 points)
Minimum Building Energy Performance: Use the design of the buildings to reduce the amount of air, water and land pollution.
Indoor Water Use Reduction: Use new ways to use less water indoors. Must use 40% water than the baseline recommendation given to buildings
of their size.
Construction Activity Pollution Prevention: THIS IS LAW! Prevent site erosion, both by water and wind. Design to prevent air and dust pollution and
prevent sediment in down stream water bodies.
Existing:
10
7
2
2
1
Preferred Location: This is part of the criteria that is heavily rewarded when becoming LEED ND certified. These points can be redeemed if you
build on previously developed land.
Access to Quality Transit: Providing comfortable shelters, benches, lighting and transit schedules within the transit stop. Allowing all information to
be easily accessible and giving a safe and comfortable place to wait for transit.
Brownfeild Remediation: You can receive points in this category by redeveloping old gas stations, industrial facilities, contaminated military bases
and toxic substance storage facilities
Historic Resource Prevention: Use this to create a draw to the site. Find ways to create gathering spaces while accenting the original purpose of
the site.
Building Reuse: Reusing as much of an existing building as you can. This could be as simple as fragments to as complex as the entire building.
1 Minimize Site Disturbance: Reuse what you can that exists on the site already and plan ahead. Know your environmentally sensitive areas that
shouldnt be disturbed and take the correct measures to protect them.
Primary:
9 Walkable Streets: This will be very important when designing for a mixed use development. Keep comfort and safety in mind, think of how to create
inviting spaces, and the overall layout of the streets. Having building access in reach from the sidewalk, low speed roads and on street parking with
green space between the road and the walkway will also help citizens feel safe.
6 Compact Development: Designing compact developments will allow for less infrastructure and decrease the amount of travel needed. Having schools,
parks and shops designed close together, creating multi-leveled neighborhoods and allowing a range of housing types will encourage social diversity
and a successful compact development.
5 Certified Green Buildings: It is required to have at least one green building but designing more than one will gain you points. To do this design with
the following in mind: Energy and water efficiency, high indoor air quality, sustainability sourced or recycled materials, and environmental sensitive
designs.
4 Rain Water Management: Keeping runoff on site to infiltrate will not only stop flooding at the bottom of the slope but also refill the ground water
reservoir. Some practices that may help to manage rain water are designing swales on the sides of streets, using water previous pavement, installing
storm water retention basins, having more green spaces and installing green roofs. These practices will also help to filter the rain water that may
leave the site.
4 Mixed Use Neighborhood Centers: Keep in mind all ages and abilities when designing neighborhood centers on the site.
3 Housing and Job Proximity: This site is within 1/4 mile from a local transit route which will allow easy access to homes and jobs from and to the site.
Creating a route that access this route, or adding additional routes will allow easy access to the site from the work place.
3 Renewable Energy Production: To produce energy for the use of the community. Some ways of doing this are, installing energy systems at a
neighborhood scale, geothermal walls, solar energy, wind powered energy, combined heat and power-plants, biofuels, hydroelectric power and wave
or tidal power.
2 Bicycle Network and Storage: Connecting a network that is well maintained and safe. Provide easily navigable routes for bicyclist and include theyre
routes in the streets or walkways. If a road needs to be shared think about dropping the speed limit. Another necessity for this credit is to have
multiple safe areas that bicycles can be parked.
2 Connected and Open Community: Think of ways to connect not only within the site but to the areas around the site. Some ways of achieving this
would be to use frequent street connections, few barriers, and cross cutting to ensure walking an bicycling are both easily navigable routes.
2 Transport Demand and Management: Offer alternatives to vehicle use, find ways to reduce the need for parking and think about places cars can be
parked so that if they are needed the travel time would be short.
1 Steep Slope Protection: Use these credits to help define your design when it comes to steep slopes. Protecting steep slopes from wind and water
erosion will keep your site healthy and safe. This will also protect areas surrounding the site from sediment in down hill water bodies and pollution
that may go threw the site.
1 Access to Civic and Public Spaces: Keep surrounding areas as well as on site areas in mind when planning a navigation route within the site allowing
easy access to important areas.
2 Community Outreach and Development: Finding ways to keep the community involved and creating spaces for them to gather will allow you to learn
their needs and help the overall strength of the community.
Supplementary:
7 Housing Types and Afford-ability: Design for all ages, abilities and financial status that the community may hold.
2 Tree Lined and Shaded Trees: Providing a comfortable walking location will allow residents and workers safety, shade and a connection to the nature
around them.
2 Outdoor Water Use Efficiency: Using native species will allow a landscape that can withstand the natural climate of the site. Pairing this with
capturing rain water for irrigation and recycling waste water will help your site to become more efficient.
2 Optimized Building Energy Performance: Use the natural surroundings to create energy that you would have to get from other non-renewable natural
resources. Some options are water, wind, and solar power. There is also using sustainability sourced materials and designing to use water efficiently.
2 District Heating and Cooling: Designing one shared unit between multiple units.
1 Reduce Parking Footprint: Design a master plan that will make citizens less likely to use vehicles. Some ideas for this are to create an on site vehicle
share, placing parking under buildings, having easily navigable shuttle services, providing transit passes to people that will be living and working on
site, and charging separate for a parking pass. Find a way to pitch this idea that is successful.
1 Local Food Production: This will help to keep profits within the community and can also build a stronger community. Some ideas to keep in mind
are community gardens, farmers markets and full service grocery stores.
1 Heat Island Reduction: Reduce the heat foot print on the community. Some ideas to keep in mind are tree plantings, smaller streets and parking
lots, solar reflecting roofing, green roofs, green spaces, solar reflecting paving, and covered parking.
1 Site Design for Habitat: Keep out of flood zones, wetlands, water bodies and prime agricultural land. Design with the nature around you rather
than designing against it.
1 Recycled and Reused Infrastructure: Start to think about how materials can be used from the current site and how they may make your design
stronger. Some examples are recycling existing materials from streets, sidewalks and water pipes, recycle tires for rubber mulch, coal fly ash for
cement, facilities for house hold composting and garbage, and facilities for household hazardous wastes.
1 Access to Recreation Facilities: Keep surrounding areas as well as on site in mind when planning a navigation route within the site allowing easy
access to important areas.
1 Visibility and Universal Design: Design for all ages, abilities and financial status. Keeping in mind the largest spectrum of people possible will
make your design successful not just in this category but others also.
1 Restoration of Habitat and Wetlands and Water Bodies: Use these points to restore any habitats that may have once existed but were either
damaged or destroyed during previous construction.
1 Solar Orientation: Orienting solar power towards the South will help to heat the community efficiently, also using passive heat from the North in
your design for the buildings will help to decrease the amount of heat needed in the winter months.
1 Transit Facilities: Find ways to provide the community with different transit options, pushing the lack of need for personal vehicles. Vehicle sharing,
shuttle passes, and placement of bike racks in safe locations around the transit facilities.
1 Waste water management: Find ways to recycle or filter waste water that may accumulate on the site. Some ideas for this would be to use gray
water systems for irrigation, constructing wetlands for filtration, and biological waste water systems.
1 Long Term Conservation of Habitat: Restoring and conserving native or sensitive habitats. To ensure this you should plan ahead and include the
steps/longevity of the chosen areas within your master planning.
1 Light Pollution Reduction: Use methods that will decrease light pollution such as directing artificial light downwards, more frequently lower intensity
lights, and/or automatic lighting systems that will sensor to turn off when not in use.
1 Indoor Water Use Efficiency: Designing a plan that will recycle water used within the site but also designing a plan that will help to minimize the
clean water needed to survive.
1 Solid Waste Management: Think about systems or facilities that can be but in place for house hold composts and recycling. Another side of this
category would be to create facilities for house hold hazardous wastes.
1 Neighborhood Schools: Include education within the site weather it be schools, libraries, civic buildings or places of worship.
5 Innovation: Go above and beyond the requirements set. Innovative green buildings, and smart growth applied within your design.
1 LEED: Go through the certification and application process.
4 Regional Priority Credits Regional Defined: Find incentives to reward the community with when completing the project and keeping the function of
the community on the correct track far after you leave the site.
Want to Know More?

An easy to read explanation of how and why we take part in LEED ND:
(Also a self using checklist that will allow you to double check your design pages 26-34)
https://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartgrowth/files/citizens_guide_LEED-ND.pdf
All of the details behind designing for each credit on the point system:
http://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/LEED%20v4%20ND_10.01.14_current_0.pdf
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Certified 40-49 points

Silver 50-59 points
Gold 60-79 points
= Existing + Primary
Platinum 80+ points
Zoning
Design of the Chain Works project

is highly contingent upon zoning
code due to developer goals of
mixed uses on site, rehabilitation
of existing buildings, necessary
changes in the current zoning of
the property, and as explained
in the previous pages, LEED ND.
While an official Planned Unit
Development document has not
been made public, the chart on
the right estimates development
based off of the City of Ithacas
Zoning Code and a preliminary
masterplan from the developer.
The 112 industrial manufacturing,
52 office, 541 multifamily
residential, 2 restaurant, and
6 retail units along with 1,809
parking spaces are based off of
maximum development schemes
of existing buildings only.
X 5 units
X 69 spaces
It is important to note that a

units definition changes per
use, density, and municipality.
One unit could mean a three
person family in one instance,
but could also mean a single
employee in another. All zoning
unit values are per the City of
Ithaca and based on relatively
high density categorized by the
codes corresponding letter and
numbers below.
Industrial - I1
Office - B1-b
Residential - R3-a
Restaurant - B2-a
Retail - B2-a
17,250 sf total area
X 105 spaces
X 1 unit
X 7 spaces
4,200 sf total area
X 101 units
X 101 spaces
17
3,200 sf total area
X 97 units
X 97 spaces
X 2 units
X 144 spaces
X 14 units
X 174 spaces
18
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7,200 sf total area
X 51 units
X 51 spaces
21
X 12 units
X 13 units
X 12 spaces
X 187 units X 344 spaces
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6A
X 5 units
X 16 units
X 192 spaces
X 4 units
X 42 spaces
X 83 units
X 278 spaces
X 5 units
X 48 spaces
33
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X 3 units
X 41 spaces
34
10
X 4 units
X 17 spaces
15
X 1 unit
X 105 units
13A
X 44 spaces
13B
Units
X 4 units
X 43 spaces
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City of Ithaca Zoning Code
Setbacks
20 min
10 min
10 min
In examining Chain Works land to

be developed with new buildings,
specifically those that may
mimick new urbanistic concepts,
it is helpful to understand LEED
ND in relation to current zoning
standards. Rather than pulling
buildings off of property
lines to plan for minimums of
privacy and separation, LEED
ND standards push development
towards boundaries to promote
compact design and utilize land
efficiently. The PUD statement
on setbacks should favor
LEED ND ideas in conjunction
with several elements of the
town of Ithaca Zoning Code.
9 units / acre maximum
minimum lot area - 5000sf
LEED ND Standards
18 max
maximum lot area - 3600sf
12 units / acre minimum
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MILLERS COURT BALITMORE MD
CASE STUDIES
MAX GOODSTEIN & VALERIE OBRIEN
MASS MoCA
North Adams MA
750,000 sq feet of
interior building space
on 13 acres
Museum, Concert, Event

Space, Cafe
Admission price:
$12 student
$18 adult
Hours of operation:
Museum - 11 to 5
Events - Anytime
Built: 1860
Redevlpement: 1999
National Register of Historic Places
Once a textile factory in a small Berkshire town, now one

of the largest contemporary art museums in the nation.
MASS MoCA is a juxtaposition of blending historical architecture and space to house the most modern of art.
Built as a single use site, a museum, the MASS MoCA is
not located near public transportation or close to a major city, yet it is still very successful in its mission with
attracting patrons.
MASS MoCA
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What People are Saying

The layout is somewhat confusing with ramps
between buildings and floors accessible only
from certain stairs. Be sure to look at the
map and see everything they have on display.
Also, there are a couple of large installations
in separated buildings, such as the old boiler
house, which is a trip in of itself.
Bilal S.
Mississauga CA
Site Research and Analysis - Case Studies
Absolutely amazing. Located in an old factory, the space is huge and filled with fantastic exhibits. You feel like an adventurer walking the dark metal footbridges between the
buildings
Rabia2011
Dubai UAE
The building is also really cool, so make sure

to look at the architecture and original foundation, pipes, and bricks. Also you MUST go
see the bathrooms downstairs, totally different than what you are used to.
Jessica H.
Hyde Park MA
architects
project sheet
(pdf)
Photos of the
conversion,
before & after
Map
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Distillery District
40 Buildings form a
pedestrian only district
Retail, food and street

performances
80 shops and boutiques
Toronto ON
Built: 1832
Redevlepment:
2001-2003
Bike Paths
Train
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The Gooderham and Worts Distillery was the largest distillery in the world in the 1860s and stayed in business
until 1990. At which point when the factory closed ,the
site became a prominent movie filming destination due
to its very well preserved Victorian era industrial architecture. Over 800 film and television productions were
filmed here. When it was redeveloped the late 1990s
and early 2000s, it became one of Torontos busiest
attractions. The site features streets with pedestrian
only access and a focus on mixed use dense development.
The Distillery
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Two Words Rusted Gold. I really enjoy
this place, they have packed up some great
goodies in the small area. The Architecture is
amazing and it takes you into the Victorian era
with beautiful Brick work all around. They have
designed the place quite well. There are quite
a few attractive points in the District for some
nice photos such as few rusted trucks, barrels,
giant metallic spider to name a few.
Bilal S.
Mississauga CA
I never understood the draw to this place. Toronto lacks historical sites so the city makes
a huge brouhaha of its few places that make
the cut. But the truth is that apart from the
preserved faded signage and the red bricks,
the Distillery District is a very expensive open
air Mall. ...Go if youre bored or curious but
leave all expectations at home.
Rabia2011
Dubai UAE
Wow, I really like it here. The developers took

a bunch of derelict and old industrial buildings
and transformed them into an amazing entertainment and shopping destination. Wow.
If you are traveling to Toronto, add this stop
to your list of must dos! We were very impressed by the architecture of the buildings
and amazed at how well they have been restored.
Jessica H.
Hyde Park MA
Distillery heritage
review (PDF)
Distillery Hisotry
and more info
(website)
Steel Yard
Site Size of 3.5 acres
Classroom, Studio and

Event space
Built: 1902
Redevelopment: 2003
Bus PlacesBike Paths

National Register of Historic
Train
Providence RI
In a blighted area in industrial providence the Steel Yard

exemplifies the concept of actively engaged resuse instead of only adaptive reuse. This former steel facility
is still used in the steel production process by having
small studios and community workshop/classes on metal
working. In a sense the metal working never stopped on
this site.
The Steel Yard

Chain Works

I take an extra measure of pride in Providence
because the city is able to boast a feature
as culturally relevant, vibrant, inclusive,
educational, past-respecting yet forwardthinking, and contributory as The Steel Yard.
Ben S.
Providence RI
The classes at the Steel Yard are great. Ive

taken a Wheel Throwing class (something i
found out i wasnt great at, but still had fun
doing) and a Glass Fusing class. Its just such
a fun atmosphere to be in, especially in the
Summer, there is so much going on there. Plus
they have great events. The Steel Yard really
adds a lot of life to Providence! Thanks guys!
Danielle B
Providence RI
One caveat for chilly weather: its an old steel

yard (for real) and the main building has no
heat. Wear a sweater! And a hat! And gloves!
And long underwear! I could feel my hands going numb through my mittens during my most
recent 3 hour class, and the ride home on my
bike was teeth-chatteringly cold. Time to break
out the winter gear.
Hilary K.
Providence RI
Rudy Bruner Award

document and
project overview
(PDF)
ASLA award
Document
(website)
BedZED
Wallington UK
82 apartments and
15,120 sq ft of work
space
Built on greenfield site:

2000 to 2002
8,360 sq ft of solar
panels on the site
$19 million to build.

Apartments cost 20%
higher than average.
Bike Paths
Train
Bus
Biomass
Beddington Zero Energy Development was designed to

be the UKs largest carbon neutral housing development.
To make the project economically viable, the local government sold the land at below market value to ensure it
was built. Since its completion, the development has not
met its goal of being carbon neutral but has significantly reduced its residents carbon footprint and fostered
a great sense of community amongst them. BedZED
households use 2,579 kWh of electricity per year which
is 45% lower than the
Average.
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bedZED

BedZed was the ultimate sustainability trailblazer. Nearly a decade on, the Bill Dunster,
BioRegional and The Peabody Trust development may be thriving but it remains an anomaly, rather than an exemplar.
Jan-Carlos Kucharek
bdonlonline.co.uk
Indeed, four years after opening, BedZeds

mission to show how people can live without exceeding their fair share of the worlds
resources has yet to be fulfilled. The biomass-fueled system providing zero-carbon
heat and electricity to 100 homes finally
packed up early last year, forcing BedZed to
draw its electricity entirely from the National
Grid...
Terry Slavin
The Gaurdian
On a positive note the individual homes perform well and are liked by residents who also
speak highly of the sense of community. I
love it here, says Helen Woolston, who lives in
a two-bedroom flat. I love the flat and all the
glass, which makes it very light.
Thomas Lane
Building.co.uk
BedZED case study

Document
(PDF)
BedZED youtube
playlist
(youtube)
Millers Court
75,000 sq feet of
building
Apartment Building,
Courtyard Space, Cafe
Built: 1874
Redevelopment: 2009
Project Cost
$21 million
National Register of Historic Places
Baltimore MD
Erected between 1890 and 1910, Millers Court was

once home to the inventor of the seamless tin box, the
H.F. Miller and Son Tin Box and Can Manufacturing Plant.
Considered state of the art, the facility was known for
its innovative use of modern machinery. Redeveloped
under the latest green design and building methods, the
historic building has found new purposeproviding elegant, affordable living and commercial space and a
vibrant, supportive environment where our educators and
nonprofits can collaborate and thrive.
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courtyard. Its really well located - Johns Hopkins, grocery store, several cafes all in walking
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the Baltimore City Teaching Residency. Millers
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convenient home base from which to explore
the city and has allowed me to get to know
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Shops, Parks
Development:
1998-2008
Project Cost
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The Holiday Neighborhood project in Boulder, Colorado

has turned an unused site into a low-rise, mixed-use,
residential community. The neighborhood is predominantly affordable housing and was built with sustainability
in mind. The site plan makes the Holiday Neighborhood
more walkable and interconnected. The neighborhood includes transportation paths, greenway, a park system
that integrates pocket parks, a large neighborhood living room greenspace, and community gardens.
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395 acres
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Julia Graziano
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Bryan McKnight
Kate Montgomery
Valerie OBrien
Vincent Ryan
Pamella Selby
Nicholas Shannon
Mikala Sherman
Nathaniel Shorey
Brian Swank
Josh White
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Unchained Properties, LLC

Site Research and Analysis

Physical Enlargement Model

Contamination / Flora and Fauna

LEED ND and Zoning

Energy and Waste

Multimodal Transportation, Demographics, and Services

Modeling the Site

When creating the 6 sections present, we as a group attempted

100 200 300 400 500

Models - Cross Sections

FROM S. AURORA ST.

UNKNOWN SOIL TYPE (Ua)

Strengths | Weaknesses | Opportunities | Threats

intact industrial buildings

SWOT maps refer to the mapping

parcel divided between two

adjacent to power transmission

very steep slopes (many >30%)

possible development zones at

remove buildings to create open

Site Research and Analysis

SITE HISTORY DESIGN WITH HISTORICAL ELEMENTS

Chain Works District

The Story of the Site...

Site Research and Analysis - Site History

Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR

National Cash Register

National Cash Register

Poole Clock Company

Throughout the history of the

Tavella Sales Company

Chain drive in Navy

Site Research and Analysis - Site History

Through the Decades

Large presses and cutting

The kiln was used to dry out

Annealing was the process of

The area were molten steel was

National Cash Register

Considering future development

The production within the

The largest city in Qatar, Doha was

Site Research and Analysis - Site History

Contamination, Flora, and Fauna

South Hill neighborhood

Chain Works District is an

Former spray pond

Former oil drums

Monitoring Well VOCs Observed

Site Research and Analysis - Contamination, Flora & Fauna

Former oil drums

TCEs and VOCs

Barium and Cyanide

Excavation and Exportation

Monitoring Well VOCs Observed

Eastern U.S. Migration Map

Tompkins County Migration Map

The migration of fauna that feed

Flora and Fauna

White Rot Fungus