Remember this flight of stairs from yesterday's post?
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| Stairs to Climb |
Wonder where they lead? There's another set of stairs around the corner, too, but, because of the slope, these have some 20 additional steps!
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| Second Flight of Stairs |
The very first time I climbed to see what's at the top, I climbed
these stairs! On Friday, however, I chose to climb the shorter flight of stairs!
And this is what you see at the top of the stairs:
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| Blue Ribbon Roof Garden/Community Park |
If you look to the left, you see this:
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| The Back of the Building |
When you look to the right, you see where we are:
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| Disney Concert Hall Community Park/Blue Ribbon Garden |
It is named the Blue Ribbon garden in honor of the Music Center's volunteer support group. I don't come up here all that often, but every time I do, I just love being in this space:
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| It's easy to forget you are on top of a building |
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| Gardeners hard at work |
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| Pink Ball Tree |
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| Close Up of the Flowers |
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| All the plants are identified |
As a collector of blue and white porcelain, I love this sculpture/fountain and its mosaic of Delft china:
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| "A Rose for Lilly" |
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| Close Up of the Dedication |
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| This is a roof top garden/community park? |
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| Yes, it is! A look over the parapet confirms it! |
There were a few people walking about:
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| Enjoying the Park |
There are also several seating areas and people were enjoying having their lunch there and there were some people taking pictures. But, for the most part, it wasn't crowded. I suppose the stairs discourage people from climbing up? Although, it is accessible by escalator/elevator, through the building, as well.
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| Peaceful and Uncrowded |
The plants grown here include herbs and edible flowers that are used by one of the restaurants. I like that!
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| A Look Back |
The park is L-shaped as it wraps around the building:
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| The other side of the L-shaped park - if you look closely, you can see the door from the building, which opens out to the garden |
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| Silk Floss Tree (Ceiba speciosa) |
The rooftop park ends at the top of the second flight of stairs:
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| The Second Flight of Stairs |
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| Looking back up - you can see the silk floss tree at the top |
The Walt Disney Concert Hall from across the street (taken previously; the ones I took yesterday didn't turn out so well)
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall |
The Broad Museum, adjoining the Disney Concert Hall: lots of people waiting to visit the museum. I haven't been in, yet.
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| The Broad |
Hope you enjoyed the tour of the roof top garden.
What a complete surprise. It is amazing how beautiful the park looks in the middle of all those modern looking concrete structures. What a treasure! If I worked inside that building, I would spend all my lunch breaks outside on the roof. *laugh* I love, love that Delft blue sculpture/fountain.
ReplyDeleteSusan, it is a bit of a hidden surprise, isn't it? I always wonder why more people don't come up there, but I am glad it is not too crowded.
DeleteAmazing roof top garden. I have never seen one with small trees growing. My days of climbing that many steps are over (bad knee) so good to hear there is another way to get up there. A great outside area to eat your lunch.
ReplyDeleteSandy, I read somewhere that there were 46 trees in the garden. I'm sure, they had to do some extra reinforcements to enable the roof to support all those trees and soil! Wouldn't want to be in the concert hall, listening to some music (this is the home of the L.A. Philharmonic) and have a tree fall down on one! :D
DeleteSomething lovely to find up the stairs!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? I plan to go back again, soon, to see what herbs they are growing, this year.
DeleteWhat a fantastic use of space, the gardens are beautiful. I struggle with lots of steps but I'd definitely make an effort in this case. xx
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy visiting that hidden garden, Suzanne. I was rather pleased that I was able to climb the shorter (40 or so steps) stairs. I've been climbing the steps at the office, too, and will continue to build up stamina, that way.
DeleteThanks for sharing those photos,Bless. It looks so peaceful up there. I had to look up the Pink Ball tree on Google to get a closer look at the flowers and learn about them as I had never heard of such a tree before.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Bushlady. I think this is the only Pink Ball tree I have seen, myself.
DeleteI read your post this weekend. I love, love, love that funky building. What a fantastic shape. It must have been so challenging to build! But how fun!
ReplyDeleteAnd the rooftop garden! Be still my heart. I'm so in love with the idea. What a neat, neat concept. Thanks so much for all the pictures, it was lovely, as if I was walking there myself!
It is not your average building, is it? At one point, construction had to halt because they ran out of money! I just love that roof top garden, and the fact that it is free to the public.
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