Geography Reference
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Figure 4.25
Munich, Germany.
In modern-day Munich, the famed Hofbräuhaus shares a street corner
with the Hard Rock Cafe.
© Courtesy Munich Tourist Offi ce.
a colony of Portugal but reverted to Chinese control in
1999. The Venetian Macao Resort cost $2.4 billion and is
three times the size of the largest casino in Las Vegas
(Fig. 4.26). Gambling is illegal in mainland China, but
Macao's recent incorporation into China and its special
status allow gambling to grow on the small island.
The borrowing of landscape is not confi ned to
grand-scale projects like the Venetian. A more common
borrowed landscape in North America is the town cen-
ter. Town centers popping up in suburbia in North
America have a similar look-one that is familiar if you
have walked on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland or
