Design Downtown STL - Full Plan

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PRECEDENT: ZOLLVEREIN PARK

Figure 80: Proposed Park and Orchard at Chouteau Landing

ESSEN, GERMANY Built on the grounds of a former mining operation in Germany, this park uses a massive new planting effort as a means of highlighting and softening the industrial heritage and landmarks, as well as creating comfortable conditions for active and passive recreation in an otherwise often inhospitable and unwelcoming landscape.

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