Sitting atop Telegraph Hill in Pioneer Park, Coit Tower provides visitors with a remarkable view of San Francisco along with numerous experiences inside and around a one-of-a-kind monument. Funded as the result of a bequest to the city, the tower has become an icon of the San Francisco skyline. It exemplifies what it can mean […]
A monumentous structure that was intended to be temporary, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco has become a permanent fixture of the city that blends classical architecture with the natural landscape in a way that has been able to resonate with audiences of multiple eras. This combination has enabled the structure to become […]
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is a huge urban park that makes visitors forget they’re in the middle of one of the largest cities in the United States. Part of the reason they’re able to do so is on account of features like Shakespeare’s Garden, which is filled with elements directly and indirectly tied […]
Nearly 4,000 Oregon residents lost their lives during World War II in battle theatres that range from Europe to Africa to the Pacific. To commemorate the service and sacrifice of these Oregonians, the Oregon World War II Memorial was created in Salem, the capital of the state. The monument enables citizens from across the state […]
Sitting on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington is an incredible example of what it means to transform a space while also retaining and celebrating the history associated with it. With a design that incorporations the leftover gas plant equipment in it, Gas Works […]
As the first stop along the Freedom Trail, Boston Common has a history and notoriety that goes beyond it being the oldest park in the United States. By featuring so many notable monuments while also being a place for the contemporary community to gather for an event or to simply enjoy a green space in […]
A contemporary public park in the heart of Boston, the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway was created to be a public park that re-connected areas of Boston that had been isolated from one another by a world-class traffic problem. The elimination of one of the most congested highways in the United States created an opportunity to […]