Mint Plaza in San Francisco used to be a highly sketchy back alley. Today it's a vibrant public pedestrian plaza and festival space lined with restaurants and cafes, filled with dozens of movable bright orange chairs and shaded by a vine-covered steel trellis. Photo 9 of 10 in Ways to Landscape With Pavers by Erika Heet

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Mint Plaza in San Francisco used to be a highly sketchy back alley. Today it's a vibrant public pedestrian plaza and festival space lined with restaurants and cafes, filled with dozens of movable bright orange chairs and shaded by a vine-covered steel trellis.