In St. Paul, Minn., the underused Union Depot will become a mixed-use transportation hub.
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ILLUSTRATIONS: HGA ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
Calif.-based Metropolitan Transportation Commission anticipates the San Francisco Bay Area population will grow by 2 million in the next 30 years. Steve Heminger, the commission’s executive director, notes, “We simply cannot have them all driving cars or we’ll be in a world of hurt.” Rapidly growing established urban set-
tings like the Bay Area will have to prepare by ensuring that people live and work near transportation nodes. Though expansion and new construction are inevitable, these cities will also have to rely on their existing infrastructure and adaptive reuse of their buildings to create a more sustainable, eco- nomical and energy-efficient living model. While some cities are embracing adap-
tive reuse around established transit hubs, others are repurposing facilities to create the transportation centers that will fuel redevelopment.
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Palos Hills, Ill.-based Moraine Valley Community College transformed an office space into its Blue Island Education Center.