Street map of Johnson City, Tennessee created on June 18, 1993 by Johnson City GIS. This map denotes the highways and roads of Johnson City as they were in 1993. No scale is included. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1062/thumbnail.jpg

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on July 25, 1997, this map denotes the streets of Johnson City. The legend includes fire stations, neighborhoods, and schools. A city street index is also included. The map was designed by Gregory Plumb, GIS Coordinator and Ann Howland, GIS Database Manager. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 1:24,000 1" = .4 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1063/thumbnail.jpg

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on April 23, 1998, this map denotes the streets of Johnson City. The legend includes fire stations, neighborhoods, and schools. A city street index is also included. The map was designed by Gregory Plumb, GIS Coordinator and Ann Howland, GIS Database Specialist. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 1:24,000 - 1" = .4 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1064/thumbnail.jpg

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on December 17, 2014, this map denotes the streets of Johnson City. The legend includes fire stations, hospitals, city parks, and schools. A city street index is also included along the left side edge. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 1" = 2000' / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1065/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map for Washington County, Tennessee revised January 1976 by Johnson City GIS in collaboration with the Tennessee State Planning Office. Major roads, highways and communities are included on the map. The Johnson City and Jonesborough city limits are denoted in yellow. Small communities are highlighted in purple. Highways are denoted in red. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 2" = 3 miles / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1066/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map for Washington County, Tennessee created May 13, 1996 by Johnson City GIS. Schools and place names are located along the right edge. A transportation key denoting types of highways and railroads can be found on the lower portion of the map. Jonesborough inset is also included. A county and Jonesborough road index is included along the bottom edge. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 1" = 1 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1067/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map for Washington County, Tennessee created December 12, 2002 by Johnson City GIS. Place/neighborhood names are located along the bottom right corner. A transportation key denoting types of highways and railroads can be found on the lower portion of the map. A county road index is included along the left edge. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 1" = 4000' / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1068/thumbnail.jpg

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on December 1, 1999, this map denotes the land use of Johnson City as of 1998. The key along the bottom edge identifies the types of land use via a color code. Major roads and highways are labeled on the map itself. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale - 3" = 6000’ / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1070/thumbnail.jpg

Cities are always in transition and so the city’s Architecture should respond to it. Transition brings opportunities of growth, expansion, improvement in social and urban fabric along with new development strategies. My thesis explores the current trend of textile mills development in the heart of the city of Mumbai, its drawbacks and proposes a development plan for a mill premise for the benefit of the city. It is an attempt to preserve the city’s old fabric, which at one time was a city in itself and merge its fabric with the new development in a cohesive manner. I was looking at the response to the historic city and how you add new work to it by superimposing or juxtaposing. The success of the building is in its layering, its discovery by the visitor and its ability to make a public building truly public. My ideas come from observation: of the site, of nature, of people moving in the city.

The intent of this thesis is to explore the design challenges and opportunities presented by the reintroduction of passenger rail to a small economically challenged New England city. Central to my thesis is that the advent of more efficient transportation options is not, in itself, enough: the infrastructure built to support those options must provide users with a comfortable, safe, and welcoming experience. The architecture of the rail station is critical in influencing that behavior and moving our society toward greater energy efficiency. Holyoke is a small mill city in western Massachusetts whose fortunes peaked in the early twentieth century and today struggles with decaying buildings and infrastructure, high unemployment, and significant poverty. The city also has many strengths, including relatively inexpensive hydro-electric power, sturdy adaptable mill buildings, an excellent location, strong neighborhood and civic pride, and a rich history on which to build. The city’s boosters feel that it is ripe for a renaissance already being driven by industry, the creative economy, telecommuters escaping the region’s major cities, and tourism. This research component of this thesis will explore: Current and historical demographic, industrial, and commercial context of the city and its passenger rail service, including usage projections, connections with various parts of the city, and Transit Oriented Design implications The needs of the adjacent Flats neighborhood for basic services and community space; strategies for attracting more consistent use of the station throughout its hours of operation by meeting the neighborhood residents’ needs Potential requirements for a station’s future capacity and adaptability – it will consider strategies for creating a flexible and adaptable building so as to meet the needs of the station and city as it changes over time Precedents that include rail stations and public buildings – it will investigate strategies used by effective public buildings The design component of this thesis incorporates the above research in developing site and program plans with a specific focus on design strategies that address accessibility, wayfinding, relevant services, and creating a welcoming gateway into the residential, industrial, and commercial heart of the city.