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Download or read book Reconnection written by . This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban waterfronts developed as areas of intense, industrial use. The water and its edge often became polluted to the point where they were toxic. Cities moved away from this environmental degradation by re-centering inland. After years of thinking of the waterfront as a contaminated, industrial area unfriendly to normal life, highways and other massive pieces of infrastructure were built, decisively separating city and water. Now, through the decentralization of industry, the shift from an industrial to a service economy, and general pressures of globalization, most large-scale industry and shipping has moved away from city centers. This has left behind industrial waterfront sites which are currently seen as areas in which to remake the post-industrial city. In order to create successful waterfront redevelopment projects, it is important to examine and facilitate connections that exist or should exist between the city and the water. The types of connections essential to waterfront development are the connection with the industrial past, the connection with the landscape, and connections within the fragmented city. Re-connection will ultimately lead to richer environments that help to sustain cities both socially and economically. Cleveland, Ohio is a city that typifies the problems of post-industrial cities. Through the exploration of this discussion of connections on a site bordering the Cuyahoga River, it will be possible to create a waterside community that both embraces the past industrial use and supports the struggling city.