About this Event
Tour Leaders: Ron Baraff, Rivers of Steel and Anne Chen, GBBN Architects
Brownfield sites are a challenging legacy of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s industrial past. In the last two decades, redevelopment of these sites has taken a variety of forms, from transformation of a slag heap into a residential community, to creation of a multi-building center for technology research and development. This tour takes participants to two more-recent sites of creative re-use in the Monongahela River Valley: the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Landmark, in Braddock, PA; and Mill 19, which is being created within the original steel structure of the former LTV Steel site in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Hazelwood. The Carrie Blast Furnaces site is managed by the non-profit Rivers of Steel, which catalyzes economic development through heritage tourism and a variety of arts-based programs. Mill 19 is being redeveloped as a hub for manufacturing research and development, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation. Together, these two sites reveal both the ongoing nature of the region’s revitalization and the durability of its history of innovation.
AIA CES: 3 LU
ML1
Tour departs from the Westin Pittsburgh.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Westin Pittsburgh, 1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States
USD 45.00