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2016

Urban Design

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Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development, Gustavo Castro Jun 2016

Urban Design Vision For The Vista Del Sol Development, Gustavo Castro

City and Regional Planning

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Corridor Revitalization Program, Alan Ayon, Miriam Arias Jun 2016

Corridor Revitalization Program, Alan Ayon, Miriam Arias

City and Regional Planning

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A Wellness District For The City Of Ventura, Vicente Del Rio, Amir Hajrasouliha Jan 2016

A Wellness District For The City Of Ventura, Vicente Del Rio, Amir Hajrasouliha

Amir Hajrasouliha

This article describes the work by a graduate urban design studio from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s CRP
Department during the Spring Quarter, 2016. Under a contract with the City of Ventura’s, the students
explored the notion of a wellness district anchored by two major hospitals, and developed an urban
design concept plan that is consistent with the General Plan and the city’s economic strategy.

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Can We Make Chinatown A More Sustainable Environment: Rethinking And Remaking Chinatown, San Francisco?, Zhen Wang Jan 2016

Can We Make Chinatown A More Sustainable Environment: Rethinking And Remaking Chinatown, San Francisco?, Zhen Wang

LSU Master's Theses

Since nineteen century, Chinese immigrants in the United States had a great contribution to the economy and transformation of landscape by gold mining, transcontinental railroad construction and agriculture cultivation, applying techniques that were learned from ancestors thousands years ago in China. And Chinatown as the first destination of continuing Chinese immigrants transformed from a ghetto to the top tourist attraction of the city in San Francisco with commercial-oriented development in more than a hundred years. This paper will explore the transformation of the image and representation of Chinatown by analyzing Chinese culture influences, American confinement, and pop culture impact, to …

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