Mint Plaza in San Francisco : A once derelict urban space in downtown San Francisco today serves as a vibrant plaza catering for the needs of local people ; The design also provides a prototype for a city-wide solution to stormwater management

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Mint Plaza in San Francisco : A once derelict urban space in downtown San Francisco today serves as a vibrant plaza catering for the needs of local people ; The design also provides a prototype for a city-wide solution to stormwater management

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Veröffentlicht in:	Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design 67(2009)S. 62-65
VerfasserIn:	Gross, Jaime (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
Sprache:	German
Veröffentlicht:	2009
Schlagworte:	Aufsatz
Ähnliche Datensätze:	In: Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

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