Projects > Willets Point

WASTELAND TO ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK
(Profs. Nickolas Themelis and Phil Simmons, SEAS, EEC, Laurie Hawkinson and Kate Orff, GSAPP)

Project Pin-ups

- Final Review on Dec 2005 (downloadable without UNI and password)

- Pin-ups Reviewed Before the Mid-tem (UNI and password are required)

• Buildings Group
  • Mapping and Assign Case Studies,
  • Case Studies/Mapping Site Strategy, (ppt 15MB), Board 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (jpg 6-10MB) Presented in Oct 05, 2005
• History and Ideology Group
  • Mapping and Assign Case Studies, (pdf 2.7MB) Presented on Sep 21, 2005
  • Case Studies/Mapping Site Strategy, (ppt 9.7MB) Presented on Oct 05, 2005
• Infrastructure Group
  • Mapping and Assign Case Studies,
  • Case Studies/Mapping Site Strategy, (pdf 1.8MB) Presented on Oct 05, 2005
• Landscape Group
  • Mapping and Assign Case Studies,
  • Case Studies/Mapping Site Strategy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (eds 0.5-7MB) Presented on Sep 21 and Oct 05, 2005
• Engineering Group
  • Wastewater Engineering, (ppt 1.4MB) Presented by Anuta Belova
  • Synthesis of Engineering Issues, (ppt 7.1MB) Presented by UES engineering students

Project Information

• Description of Willets Point Project
• General work plan  for engineering members of project
• Description of Eco-industrial Plants
• Eco-industrial Parks in the U.S.
• Willets Point Project-Schedule
• Willets Point: "Amid dents, Diamonds" by Ron Brownlow, NYT, May 29, 2005 (Section 14, p1-2)
• Willets Point- Reading materials
  • "No room to move" (by NYC Comptroller)
• Information of Urban Ecology | Flushing Meadows, Queens
• Presentation on IWM concepts (ppt, 3MB) by Prof. Themelis on Sep 14, 2005

Area Maps and Pictures

- Field Trip Pictures

Field trip photos in Willets Point Sep. 12, 2005  (click images for larger view)

- Aerial Pictures and Aria Maps

Useful shp files for students

- Infrastructure - road, rail, barge

• Subway:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\transportation\NYCsubway\subway.shp
  Geometry Type: Line
• Commuter line:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\transportation\NYCRail\com_line.shp
  Geometry Type: Line
• Elevated Track:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\transportation\NYCRail\elevated.shp
  Geometry Type: Line

- Topography -

• General contour:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\NYC_Terrain\contours_3ft.shp
  Geometry Type: Line
• Detailed contour:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\NycMap\Queens-North\Shapefiles\contour.shp
  Geometry Type: Line

- Building footprints -

• Lots:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\LotInfo\Queens\layers\QN_LOTS.shp
  Geometry Type: Polygon

- Vegetation -

• Wetlands:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\wetlands\qndecfw.shp
  Geometry Type: Polygon

- Hydrology -

• Water:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York
  City\NycMap\Queens-North\Shapefiles\hydro.shp
  Geometry Type: Polygon

- Zoning -

• Zoning:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\landusezoning\qnzoning.shp
  Geometry Type: Polygon
• LandUse:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\landusezoning\qnlanduse.shp
  Geometry Type: Polygon

- Aerial photo -

• Folder: \\gis\GIS\New York City\NycMap\Queens-North\MrSID\Raster: q_n3.sid
• Folder: \\gis\GIS\New York City\NycMap\Queens-North\MrSID\Raster: q_n1.sid

- Other -

• Air Polluting Facilities:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\env_cond\EPA\airfacility.shp
  Geometry Type: Point
• Solid Waste:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York
  City\env_cond\SolidWaste\soilidwaste.shp
  Geometry Type: Point
• Hazardous Substances:
  Shapefile: \\gis\GIS\New York City\env_cond\HazMat\hazsub.shp
  Geometry Type: Point

For more information, please contact to Michelle V McEwen (Architecture, Planning and Preservation) and Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation website