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An effort to bring green spaces to city rooftops has gotten off to a slow start at Boston City Hall (above photos), where plastic trays of plants have been placed on upper balconies.

Slow to take root

Boston had grand plans for an earth-friendly rooftop garden at City Hall

By Donovan Slack
Globe Staff / April 24, 2006

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It was one of the newest ideas in the urban environmental movement, touted by a growing group of architects and environmental designers who said that city rooftops should be transformed into green spaces, and Mayor Thomas M. Menino wanted on board. At a news conference with his top environmental aides last year, he announced that Boston would install its own ... (Full article: 821 words)

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