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  2. Great Green Wall (China) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Green Wall, officially known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program (simplified Chinese: 三北防护林; traditional Chinese: 三北防護林; pinyin: Sānběi Fánghùlín), also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Program, is a series of human-planted windbreaking forest strips (shelterbelts) in China, designed to hold back the expansion of the Gobi Desert, [1] and provide ...

  3. Casa de Rosas - Wikipedia

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    The building was designed by Sumner P. Hunt and built in 1893. [3] It was originally an experimental kindergarten and has also been used over the years as a prestigious college preparatory school for girls, an inn and restaurant, a military barracks in World War II, the headquarters of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics Foundation, and a shelter for homeless women.

  4. K Line Northern Extension - Wikipedia

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    The corridor is a fully underground, north-south route along mostly densely populated areas on the western side of the Los Angeles Basin; it would be operated as part of the K Line. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is prioritizing the project along with pressure from the West Hollywood residents.

  5. In Skid Row, a 19-story residential tower for homeless ... - AOL

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    Pete White, executive director of the Skid Row advocacy group Los Angeles Community Action Network, said he sees the towers as "one important feature of what a stabilized Skid Row can look like ...

  6. Lankershim Boulevard - Wikipedia

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    Three Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monuments are located on Lankershim: Campo de Cahuenga, El Portal Theater, and the Department of Water and Power Building. [9] Other notable landmarks on Lankershim include (from south to north): Yitzak Rabin Square, 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios Hollywood, South Weddington Park, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Bob and Delores Hope Square ...

  7. William Mead Homes - Wikipedia

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    William Mead Homes is a public housing development located near Chinatown, a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles.Nicknamed "Dogtown" because of its proximity to the historic Ann Street Animal Shelter [1] whose canine residents could be heard for blocks around, [2] [3] it is operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.

  8. Dome Village - Wikipedia

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    Dome Village was a self-governing community of "people unable or [...] unwilling to live in traditional [homeless] shelters". [1] Located in Downtown Los Angeles at 847 Golden Avenue, the complex consisted of 20 geodesic domes and was inhabited by "up to 34 individuals and their family members".

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