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But in this case the canyon-like hallway on the ground floor lets more light into the home.
A Tall Order in San Francisco Juliet Chung 2011
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Vertical Living in San Francisco The front exterior Visitors enter through a 10-foot-tall steel door and step into a canyon-like, concrete hallway open to the sky, leading to separate entrances to the home and Ms. Kawano's ground-floor art studio.
A Tall Order in San Francisco Juliet Chung 2011
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Despite suggestions that Citi Field has been a graveyard for their hitters—and those suggestions have not been completely void of merit—the Mets generally didn't let their ballpark's canyon-like dimensions bother them during their first two seasons there.
Home Is Where the Mets' Heartbreak Is Brian Costa 2011
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Even now, in the midst of the Festival (s), when the main streets are so full of tourists you can hardly move, the canyon-like closes are still and quiet and full of atmosphere.
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Berenice Abbott had a similar aesthetic, frequently shooting from odd angles and turning the canyon-like streets into angular blocks of black and white.
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The two plays were symbolic of the canyon-like gap between the once-beaten Titans and the winless Lions.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Fewer buyers means lower prices — hence the canyon-like price differential between new cars versus those driven even slightly.
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The rugged peaks that alternate with broad, mountain plateaus were formed during the late Tertiary - early Quaternary periods as a result of outflows of basaltic and andesite lavas, and the edges of these plateaus are usually located at an elevation of between 650-680 m, often cut with deep, sometimes canyon-like river valleys.
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In downtown Chicago, you get spectacular effects at sunset today with the sun shining straight down the canyon-like east-west streets, and even shining through underpasses.
Equinox Traffic Alert Steve Sailer 2005
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In downtown Chicago, you get spectacular effects at sunset today with the sun shining straight down the canyon-like east-west streets, and even shining through underpasses.
Archive 2005-09-18 Steve Sailer 2005
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