Backyard On The Roof
2 August 2007 - 2:00pm
Rooftop gardens bloom in New Jersey.
"Increasingly, New Jersey developers are...looking to rooftops — above a building’s parking garage or its penthouses — to create shared, or even private, garden spots, in locales as diverse as the Hudson riverfront and the East Orange inner city...one pleasure of urban rooftop gardens is that it is possible to experience “wildlife” in the city...Snow removal from rooftops can be very challenging, developers say."
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In New Jersey, the ‘Backyard’ Up on the Roof
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The New York Times, August 1, 2007
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