Thursday, March 12, 2015

WEEK 2 ECONOMIC INVESTIGATE






The economic map of the Gowanus shows:

-the industry is mainly along the canal, is easy for these factories discharge products.
-lots of  warehouse and automatic stores  surround the industrial buildings. provide cars and tools for factories.
-transportation service main located near the main industrial area.
-lots of vacant building and space are in industrial area, mainly locate in the middle and end of the canal.
-there is only few shopping center and markets in Gowanus. most retail shops are locate in residential area, along the main street (northeast direction).
- lots of restaurants surround industrial area.
- high density residents are surround industrial area, can see many apartments near there.

inspire from tutorial:
my mapping was too generall, for my next stage i think i will do some more sepecific research.
focus on  transportation and environment.


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