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The Cotton Factory in Rock Hill is one of a half-dozen mill redevelopments in the S.C. city. Photo (2010): Nancy Pierce
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The 1881 Ostrow Textile Mill was South Carolina's first steam-driven mill, and Rock Hill's first mill. Image: City of Rock Hill
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Today, Rock Hill plans to turn its old Bleachery (shown in 2010) into a high-tech center. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Rock Hill's Bleachery, today, awaiting redevelopment. Photo: Mae Israel
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Gastonia's Loray Mill in its heyday, one of the most important sites in N.C. labor history. Image courtesy City of Gastonia
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Artist's rendering of the proposed redevelopment of Gastonia's Loray Mill. Image courtesy City of Gastonia
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Loray Mill today: The foreground building here will get a new roof, preserving the dormers, and the tree will stay. The building is designated for a restaurant. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Exterior of Loray as rennovations begin. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Glass in windows will be replaced but maintain the historic panes. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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The Loray Mill basement will be ground-level retail. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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This area will be cleared for an interior courtyard with two pools and amenities. Plans call for the tanks to be incorporated into the landscape as historic interest items. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Overhead steel structure will stay as arbor, walkway roof or other historic interest item. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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The Firestone sign will be saved as historic display in the Loray renovation. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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This area inside the Loray shows how apartments will look. This is a typical apartment window configuration with high ceilings. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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This is a hallway near a residential floor. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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The uppermost residential floor has been cleared and is ready for sandblasting, which will remove all the old paint and residue. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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A first aid stretcher and fire box, present on every staircase landing, will be preserved. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Water damage to floor beams will be repaired before this floor is sandblasted. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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A staircase between residential floors in the Loray Mill. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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An entry to a residential floor in Loray Mill. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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Scrap on a middle residential floor, ready to be hauled away by a recycler. Photo: Nancy Pierce
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The roof will be a residents' common area, with a view of Crowders Mountain (shown). Photo: Nancy Pierce
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This part of the Loray Mill roof will be a tapas bar. Photo Nancy Pierce