While walking home from the UN Building this week, I happened upon the Ford Foundation building. It looked like just another building, but then I saw a sign in the door and window that said “Garden open” and I turned around and went back to see what was going on in there!
And I am glad I did! It was a beautiful garden with water and trees and a sitting area, in the middle of the building! It was airconditioned (which was nice as it was VERY hot that day) and all the offices had windows that were built to open to the garden. It was a lovely little treat. One thing that was really cool was that all the rain water is collected in a cistern from the roof and that is what the gardeners use to maintain the gardens! What an innovative, green idea!