Connecting Crossroad: Designing an Equitable Future for Langley Park and The International Corridor

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dc.contributor.advisorBell, Matthewen_US
dc.contributor.authorGhafar Samar, Saraen_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.accessioned2020-02-06T06:37:11Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T06:37:11Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractLangley Park is a largely low-income community in Prince George and Montgomery County Maryland with a majority of foreign-born residents and a mix of small businesses and relatively dense multifamily housing. The arrival of the Purple Line Light Rail is both an opportunity and a threat to the vast amount of market-rate affordable rental housing and the strong community and culture of residents, businesses and social institutions of the area. Immigrant communities may be poor in capital, but they are rich in culture and foci of cross-cultural connections. This thesis aims to address the needed attention to this transit center, the international corridor, and its adjacent affordable residential area to produce equitable transit-oriented design solutions and action plans that will protect the area’s affordable housing alongside addressing the communal and cultural goals of the immigrant residents by creating cross-cultural urban spaces of connection.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/eosi-e2wz
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25551
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCross- Culturalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImmigrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLangley Parken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPurple Lineen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrban Spacesen_US
dc.titleConnecting Crossroad: Designing an Equitable Future for Langley Park and The International Corridoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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