Download englishus transcript pdf anne whiston spirn. Maybe you grew up in a small town or in the suburbs where big trees like those on mits campus are familiar. Anne whiston spiro professor oflandscape architecture, university ofpennsylvania this article calls attention to the importance ofnature in city design. Where the water was landscape architecture magazine. Pdf the granite garden download full pdf book download. Currently, she is working on a book about the west philadelphia landscape project, which she has directed since 1987. This is a draft of a chapter for resilience in ecology and urban design, edited by steward t. Language of landscape professor anne whiston spirn, anne whiston spirn on.
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