Sunday, June 16, 2013

Small Urban Garden In Los Angeles Serves Up A Tall Order



Decorative letter 't', with two books behind it. he Los Angeles Public Library building


is a landmark at 630 West 5th Avenue in central L.A.  It was built in 1926 by architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue    


in a Mediterranean revival style and is topped with a tile mosaic pyramid.
It certainly stands out in the modern downtown area of this west coast concrete jungle.


And the small but pleasant Maguire Gardens


just outside the building is the perfect soft antidote to all the hard concrete and tall steel.


There is a walkway through the small garden which is landscaped with borders of hedges, lots of trees including Jacaranda and tall Cypress,


a few fountains,


several benches for reading, of course,
 and there is a lovely restaurant with patio seating in the garden.


It is just enough green space to serve as a little sanctuary


for urbanites to come back down to earth in the midst of a skyscraper heaven in the city of angels.


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