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The Seattle Streetcar was created in an effort to transform Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood into a vibrant urban community.

The Sava Pool, designed for both recreational and competitive functions, is situated at the southern end of a public park between a vehicular thoroughfare and a residential neighborhood.

This contemporary sculpture park, located in the hills of Columbia County, New York, serves as a gateway and resting place for a 150-acre visitor center that houses over 80 outdoor installations.

The Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library was designed to honor the mayor’s initiative to bring important civic buildings to Boston’s diverse neighborhoods.

The design of the James Clarkson Environmental Discovery Center was the result of collaboration with landscape architects, scientists, engineers, educators, and architects.

In 2000, California State Parks (CSP) spent just over $41 million acquiring 57 rolling acres for parkland after citizens of Culver City, California, had protested a planned residential development on the site.

The russet-colored sandstone courthouse in Alpine, Texas, is designed in the Trans-Pecos tradition and appears to rise from the surrounding plains.

Ayers Saint Gross Architects + Planners were challenged with the task to comfortably accommodate 450,000 annual visitors on a site that houses the only home in the United States dedicated as a World Heritage Site.