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Re: Roof Gardens

This sounds like a very interesting development and I would like to hear more about how these gardens are constructed. Anyone have photos of such activities?

Claude Sweet
San Diego, CA

Doreen Howard wrote:

To add to Jeff Ball's comments on Chicago, the greening of roof tops in the
city have resulted in about a 3 degree drop in summer temperatures in the
city proper. As most of you know, large cities are heat sinks, and Mayor
Daley wisely decided that all those black, flat roof tops were a big part of
the problem. Even here in Rockford, IL, 80 miles west of Chicago where I
moved, there are roof top gardens to cool the city. This is a city of about
250,000.
Doreen Howard



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