Check out this great article about Providence’s Steel Yard in Metropolis Magazine. Morris Beacon Design was proud to work together with The Steel Yard and Klopfer Martin Design Group to implement the site’s transformation last year. The reborn site now even serves as a “field classroom” for MBD Principal Jonathan Ford’s Groundwork Providence Green Collar Job Training stormwater management classes. From the article:
Most important, the Steel Yard has helped change the way Providence, which rebranded itself the Creative Capital in 2009, sees development. “Having the people at the Steel Yard debate with us and present options for building off the arts community has forced us to think differently about who we are as a city,” says Thomas Deller, who heads Providence’s planning department. “It’s making us consider how we can use this example to do other things.” (Mayor) Cicilline goes further: “We embedded lessons from the Steel Yard in the city’s comprehensive plan, so it will have an impact on the process for a long time.”
