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FOREST HILLS GARDENS

THE PICTURESQUE FOREST HILLS GARDENS, A HISTORICAL LANDMARK OF QUEENS IN NEW YORK CITY IS A HIDDEN GEM.

IT IS WELL KEPT BY THE GRATEFUL RESIDENTS WHO TEND TO THEIR GARDENS ALL YEAR ROUND. A CHARMING  PLACE FOR QUIET LIFESTYLES IN A MAGICAL FAIRY TALE ESTATES. THANKS TO THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION, WHICH IN 1909 COMMISSIONED THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FREDERICK OLMSTED JR. WHO RENDERED THE LAYOUT OF THE QUAINT TUDOR-STYLE TOWN  MIDWAY BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND LONG ISLAND. WORKING ALONG WITH THE RENOVINED ARCHITECT GROSVENOR ATTERBURY, A VISIONARY OF BUILDING URBAN COMMUNITIES USING INNOVATIVE BUILDING TECHNIQUES, FOREST HILLS IS STILL THRIVING TODAY. I AM HAPPY TO LIVE AMONG THESE WONDERS AND TO PAINT ON PLEIN AIR THESE DREAMY LANDSCAPES WHERE NATURE AND ARCHITECTURE LIVE IN SEASONAL HARMONY. 

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