Designs Done Well: Chicago’s City Hall Rooftop Garden

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Chicago’s City Hall boasts bigger secrets than what goes on inside. The building’s roof offers one of the most famous city rooftop gardens in the country, consisting of 20,000+ plants and 150+ species. Carefully selected for their ability to thrive in the Chicago elements, shrubs, vines, trees and more (many of which are native prairie plants) cover the majority of the rooftop.

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According to Pursuitist, the rooftop garden helps to conserve energy, improve air quality, reflect heat and retain almost an inch of rainfall before producing runoff.

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Photos courtesy of Pursuitist

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