table of contents - the City of Easton

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3. DETAILS
In developing the Master Plan for Silk, the planning team’s goal was to marry
the redevelopment goals of the Bushkill Creek Corridor project, the conceptual
analysis of the Artspace USA study, and the market study completed by
ArtsMarket with the bricks and mortar (and topography and geography) of
the historical R&H Simon Silk Mill site.
The Plan presents a series of six zones or districts comprised of buildings and
landscape/open space:
• The Gateway
• The Mix
• The Cultural Core
• ArtHome
• The Think Tank
• The Central Energy Plant
In establishing these zones, the team first considered each building individually:
its physical characteristics, potential marketable use(s), proximity to other
buildings, and overall location on the site. The team then considered the
compatibility of uses among groups of buildings, the development potential of
groups of buildings, as well as potential implementation phasing opportunities
or issues inherent in the grouping scheme. Further details on each zone, and
the buildings and open space within, are presented in this section.