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"The 3 Fountains" was a completely covered indoor shopping center. Although common by the early 2000s, this shopping center design was quite progressive for the early 1970s. |
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"The 3 Fountains" was a completely covered indoor shopping center. Although common by the early 2000s, this shopping center design was quite progressive for the early 1970s. |
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The amount of space and money devoted to interior landscaping at "The 3 Fountains" was impressive. |
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The planners of Cergy-Pontoise probably
did not intend for this to happen.
Interior open space, complete with benches, landscaping, and a designer paved floor, has been turned into additional merchandising space. |
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New towns mainly are designed for young families with children. A school student, apparently loaded with homework, walks past a high-density residential unit at Cergy. |