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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | © A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

historic character. Used in planning parlance to describe structures and features of architectural and historic interest. The term might be extended to a whole street, block, or area.

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