The High Altar at the Hanging Garden is balm to the eye and the soul Yes, I know I haven’t finished writing about decarbonising the transport sector, but the festive season has begun early this year and as I am now a little under the weather, I thought I should instead tell you about a lovely place where I helped to celebrate a friend’s birthday recently. It was quite literally a breath of fresh air right there in the middle of the city, so it’s not entirely unrelated. The Hanging Garden , established two years ago, occupies the interior of an entire city block extending out from what used to be the Tattersall’s Hotel in Murray Street. You can also enter by way of Liverpool Street or Watchorn Street. As I came in I was immediately struck not only by the stunning architecture but by the sight of so much green space and flowers everywhere. The greener cities movement would be proud. Is that a threat or a promise? "In the Hanging Gardens no one slee...
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