From Grain to Waste: Repurposing Buffalo's Grain Elevators

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dc.contributor.advisorRockcastle, Garthen_US
dc.contributor.authorBehrens, Scott Dereken_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-06T06:32:49Z
dc.date.available2014-02-06T06:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Buffalo River, as it winds its way through the city of Buffalo, New York, is home to some of the finest examples of grain elevators to be found anywhere in the United States. These remnants, which embody cultural values and traditions of a bygone industrial age, are currently threatened with abandonment and demolition. The city of Buffalo is actively promoting improvements to its industrial riverfront area and is interested in developing current building usage standards. This thesis will attempt to repurpose and reuse the historic grain elevator complexes that define the Buffalo River waterfront in order to better use the land and recreate a place within the historic industrial fabric of the city. The goal of this thesis will serve as an example of a method for design in derelict sites where grain elevators have lost their original purpose and identity, but have retained their architectural prominence.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14860
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledamerican grain elevatoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledanaerobic digestionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbuffalo grain elevatoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgrain elevator drawingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgrain elevator reuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrepurposeen_US
dc.titleFrom Grain to Waste: Repurposing Buffalo's Grain Elevatorsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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