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Greenwich Park in London
August 27, 2013

Greenwich Park, London

This Month in Photo of the Day: City Pictures

A world away from the nearby towers of central London, grassy Greenwich Park offers a refuge for city dwellers. One secret to designing cities that are good for the environment lies in luring nature lovers to urban green spaces instead of the suburbs.

See more pictures from the December 2011 feature story "The City Solution."


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Photograph by Massimo Vitali

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