Mill village neighborhoods in larger cities

[vivo]

Originally Posted by ion475

Then there's Old Town Ellicott City and nearby Oella (technically part of Catonsville nowaday) in suburban Baltimore on opposite side of Patapsco. Neither are big area but they're classic mill village.

Also Savage I think.

[ion475]

Originally Posted by vivo

Also Savage I think.

Savage was a mill town, but basically the only thing that's really left is the mill. There is a few "mill worker housing" left up the hill on Washington St, but too small of an amount IMHO.

[paytonc]

ALL PHOTOS ARE MY OWN, AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS

I don't have photos up, but Caraleigh in Raleigh and Royall Mill Village in Wake Forest are two rare examples in Wake County, NC (population 1.15M).

Some mill villages which have much denser housing than their mostly-detached metropolitan surroundings:

Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA

Manayunk by Payton Chung, on Flickr
Also interesting because of the very steep topography surrounding it, which is quite a contrast from central Philadelphia's flatness.

Pullman, Chicago, IL

Pullman rowhouses by Payton Chung, on Flickr
Pullman was a company town built around George Pullman's railcar factory. Its rowhouses are unusual for Chicago, where fire codes generally required separating buildings.

Hampden, Baltimore, MD

A ride on MTA Baltimore light rail by Payton Chung, on Flickr
Meadow Mill is right behind a light rail station that's built on what was an industrial railroad that snaked along the Jones Falls River, which powered a series of mills which largely made sailcloth.

Some mill towns that were incorporated into large metros' suburbs:

Marktown, East Chicago, IN

Across the park by Payton Chung, on Flickr
This 1917 town was only ever 1/4-built and is surrounded by steel mills and oil refineries southeast of Chicago. Howard van Doren Shaw, better known for palatial suburban estates, designed a series of picturesque Cotswold-ish one- and two-family cottages on tiny plots arrayed on a tight grid of intimate streets.

Savage, Howard County, MD

Savage Mill, view from tower by Payton Chung, on Flickr
The former textile mill, which briefly was converted into a factory for Christmas ornaments, is now an antique mall. Duplex houses from the mill days (unusually dense for a county where 78% of houses are single-family) are visible just beyond.

Ellicott City, Howard County, MD
(Howard County is a suburban county of Baltimore with 330,000 residents but no incorporated towns or cities.)

Ellicott City, Maryland by Payton Chung, on Flickr
The city's dramatic topography made it a terrific location for grain mills, and its early status as an industrial center means it was the terminus for America's first railroad line (the B&O, from Baltimore) and the county seat. The topography has also contributed to several devastating floods in recent years.

[ckhthankgod]

If you don't mind a 1 million+ person CSA, Cohoes in the Albany NY is an example. Street view of a former mill with loft apartments: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7808...8192?entry=ttu

Nearby housing: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7788...8192?entry=ttu

Another former mill with apartments near its Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7749...8192?entry=ttu

Nearby housing behind it: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7745...8192?entry=ttu

Downtown, which has seen its share of investment: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7731...8192?entry=ttu

Dense residential: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7690...8192?entry=ttu

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

If you don't mind a 1 million+ person CSA, Cohoes in the Albany NY is an example. Street view of a former mill with loft apartments: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7808...8192?entry=ttu

Nearby housing: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7788...8192?entry=ttu

Another former mill with apartments near its Downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7749...8192?entry=ttu

Nearby housing behind it: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7745...8192?entry=ttu

Downtown, which has seen its share of investment: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7731...8192?entry=ttu

Dense residential: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7690...8192?entry=ttu

That first Cohoes pic was taken last month, and what a day Google selected...looks like horrific May weather, lol. We had some days like that in May this year as well....