Gallery: Exploring the Hidden Rooftop Gardens Right Above Our Heads

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    Lurie Children's Memorial Hospital (looking Southwest) - Chicago, IL May 2012

    Brad Temkin has worked as a photographer, capturing landscapes and private gardens, since the 1980s. In 2009, he started focusing on rooftop gardens. This shot is from the top of the Lurie Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
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    Jacob Buckhardt Haus (looking East) - Basel, Switzerland May 2014

    A selection of Temkin's photos from recent years appears in his new book, *Rooftop*. Here, the Jacob Buckhardt Haus office building in Basel, Switzerland.
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    Kinderspital (looking North) - Basel, Switzerland May 2014

    The rooftop at Kinderspital, a children's hospital in Basel.
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    Sawyer School (from above, looking North) - Chicago, IL July 2013

    “Ten years ago if you said ‘green roof,’ a person would think the roof was painted green,” he says. “They wouldn’t think it has anything to do with plants and carbon footprint.” This is the top of the Sawyer School in Chicago.
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    City Hall (from above, looking West) - Chicago, IL July 2013

    Today, they're practically synonymous with sustainability, and are growing more sophisticated. Chicago's City Hall, seen here from above, is a leader.
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    City Hall (looking Northeast) - Chicago, IL July 2011

    Chicago's City Hall more than 150 species of plants, and includes honey-producing beehives.
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    City Hall (looking Southwest) - Chicago, IL May 2010

    There’s even a flowering crabapple tree up there.
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    City Hall (looking North) - Chicago, IL December 2009

    Chicago's City Hall, in the winter.
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    111 South Wacker (looking East) - Chicago, IL August 2010

    After a city-led initiative to grow more green roofs, Chicago has many. This one is at 111 South Wacker.
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    111 South Wacker (from above, looking West) - Chicago, IL July 2013

    111 South Wacker, from above.
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    425 South Wabash (looking East) - Chicago, IL June 2013

    Another Chicago rooftop garden, at 425 South Wabash.
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    Wildflowers - South Van Ness Street (looking North) - San Francisco, CA 2012

    Wildflowers atop a building at South Van Ness Street in San Francisco.
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