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The Botanical gardens in Córdoba Argentina

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Eastern Washington University located in Cheney, WA USA

Lots of turn of the century buildings with modern updates. They have done a good job keeping the updated parts looking like they belong with the antique architecture.

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The apartment blocks - two of perhaps a hundred - are surrounded by open greenery, wide walkways and dense tram networks. Most of them have café bars, bookstores, grocery stores or the like on the ground level and loads of benches, play areas and exercise equipment dotted about. The place is rife with Third Places.

The remarkable thing about these is that, to the locals, they seem fairly unremarkable.