by Annie Novak 
With summer finally here, the cool breezes and open views of rooftops and balconies offer enticing alternatives to stuffy apartments. Add plants, and the shimmering mirage solidifies as a real oasis. Your efforts join a long lineage of green thumbed New Yorkers.
During New York’s Gilded Age, tenement residents grew crops in containers atop their apartments. Gardens sprouted above multiple theaters and restaurant venues including the Olympia Theater in Times Square and the original Madison…
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