Urban Gardens

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Updated February 2025

From the street, one would never guess that a magnificent narrative of Venetian history, art, and culture was hidden behind centuries-old plaster walls and a set of wooden doors marked 3201.

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The view looking down into the park from the entrance above.

Updated February 2025

The model for its contemporary American cousin, The High Line, Paris’s Promenade Plantée––also known as the Coulée Verte or “Flowing Green”––was the world’s first and … Read More...

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Updated 2025

Although Old Salem is just a 10-minute drive from Winston-Salem, it is centuries away from this contemporary urban center.

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In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms symbolize the transient nature of life, a reflection of the Buddhist concept known as “mono no aware,” which recognizes that there is both beauty and mortality in life.

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