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October 2, 2006

Site Visit 10-03

HISTORIC REFERENCE MAP

Downtown / Civic Zone - James
South Providence - Rob
Roger Williams Park – Dana
Cranston – 117 & 1A @ Norwood Ave - Carolyn
Pawtuxet River Crossing – Margo
117 & 1A @ Post Rd - Carolyn
Posnegansett Pond – Courtney
Spring Green Pond - Courtney
Conimicut – Amy
Warwick Neck & Warwick Cove - James
Veteran's Memorial High School - Courtney
Tuskatucket Brook & Warwick City Park - Margo
Warwick City Hall & Oriental Print Works Mill site - Amy
117 & 95 intersection - Carolyn
117 & Route 2 - Dana
Centerville - Rob

September 21, 2006

Grass Tray System

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Here is more on the new Arizona Cardinals Stadium with its grass field on a moveable tray system that we were discussing in class. Until this opened the NFL had to play at Arizona State's stadium.

Watersheds

Watersheds are a naturally occuring area in which surface water drains into a perceptible and definite system. Bounded by slope and ridge lines and, ultimately, basins. From A Dictionary of Landscape Architecture by Baker H. Morrow

Watersheds do not adhere to political, city, state or country boundaries. They are another way of creating communities on an ecologically sensitive level.

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