Luescher AndreasShetty Sujata2024-03-142024-03-142023Luescher Andreas, Shetty Sujata., Reimagining Urban Identity within a Legacy City. W: XXIX International Seminar on Urban Form. ISUF 2022 Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation. A Multidisciplinary Perspective. 6th June – 11th September 2022, Łódź–Kraków, Kantarek A.A. (Ed.), Hanzl M. (Ed.), Figlus T. (Ed.), Musiaka Ł. (Ed.)., Lodz University of Technology Conference Proceedings No. 2554, Lodz University of Technology Press, Lodz 2023, p. 974-985, ISBN 978-83-67934-03-9, DOI: 10.34658/9788367934039.78.978-83-67934-03-9http://hdl.handle.net/11652/5102https://doi.org/10.34658/9788367934039.78Toledo is well known as a legacy city in the academic world, but the public might be more familiar with its nickname ‘The Glass City’, a function of its long history of glass manufacture with many of the largest glass companies in the world having their origins here. As part of the thriving industrial economy in the region and especially as a part of the auto industry centred around nearby Detroit, Toledo grew rapidly in the early and mid-20th century but was unprepared for loss of manufacturing in the region and the many cycles of change that followed. In this paper, we examine the transformation of Toledo’s downtown in the last several decades as a way to illustrate spatial transformation following population and economic decline in a legacy city. The research team focus on select examples of large-scale investments in the downtown that illustrate four themes in the reimagining of Toledo’s urban identity and examine their varying success as urban catalysts in shaping the spatial and economic transformation in a post-industrial context.enDla wszystkich w zakresie dozwolonego użytkuFair use conditionToledo/Ohiolegacy cityurban catalystsspatial transformationmiasto dziedzictwakatalizatory miejskietransformacja przestrzennakonferencja - rozdziałLicencja PŁLUT License10.34658/9788367934039.78