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In Portland, Going Green and Growing Vertical in a Bid for Energy Savings
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: January 31, 2010
The federal government plans to plant a bold vertical garden with “vegetative fins” that will grow more than 200 feet high on the western façade of the main federal building.
My view:
I love the way the writer started out the article. He got you thinking about urban gardening, and then BAM, hits you with an amazing project that some people are having a hard time imagining. How will it get watered? Who knows!
It is an amazing thing though, that federal government's are thinking about these kind of things. Even if they are just thinking about saving money, and not so much about the environment, that's okay. They are hitting two birds with one stone (what a horrible analogy), and that's what matters.
I wouldn't even consider this an inverted pyramid story. Although, I wish the lead and last paragraph were tied together a little more. The story holds your interest till the end. I love the NY Times.
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