table of contents - the City of Easton

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5. DESIGN GUIDELINES
The design guidelines presented here have been developed to promote
cohesive architecture and landscape design throughout Silk.
The prevailing architecture of Silk is typical of 19th Century and early 20th
Century industrial buildings: multi-story bearing wall construction of brick,
timber post, and truss with multi-pane, double-hung windows. Later onestory
buildings are steel columns and beams with saw-tooth roofs and northfacing
skylights. Foundations are rock-face stone and generally finished with
a parge coat and whitewash or smooth stucco.
By respecting these architectural precedents during rehabilitation and
by strengthening the connections between the historic buildings and new
architecture, the Silk campus will create its own unique spirit of place. This
“place” will play an important role in honoring the rich architectural and
industrial history of Easton and the United States, but it will also carry this
legacy forward through the 21st century.
The intent is to guide future rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and new
construction efforts to ensure that these efforts respect the historic context
(and do not affect historic tax credit opportunities) without stifling creativity
or unduly hampering effective development of the site.