Perth Amboy is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey and has historically been a trading port and home to large industry. Gerdau Ameristeel, is a company who owns property located on the Southern end of Perth Amboy’s waterfront, which houses a steel minimill. Historic industrial activity has taken place at the property, but it is now transitioning out of industrial use and into commercial warehouses. Prior histories of the site included harmful pollution and the use of dangerous machinery, making access for the public completely impossible. Along with the warehouses, two portions of the site are being fashioned as open space for the public, with connecting paths that will join two sides of the current waterfront pathways to the East and West of the site. This essay explores prior postindustrial landscapes, the history of Perth Amboy, and potential design and planning solutions.
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Landscape Architecture
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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M.L.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Economic development--Perth Amboy (N.J.)
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Industrialization--Perth Amboy (N.J.)
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by Constantine Janulis
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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