On June 4, Lisa Yunker of City Roots took me on a tour of the green roof she designed and planted at Cincinnati City Hall.
Unfortunately, the public is unlikely to get a chance to see it due to access and safety issues. It can only be accessed by climbing through a window.
The project was funded through energy savings, rebates from Duke Energy, and state and federal grants.
Urban Sites Properties built the wooden planters. Ben Haggerty's company Green Streets installed the watering system, the extensive green roof tray system, and the rain barrels.
These 32 photos have been added to a new gallery called "City Hall green roof". This gallery, and galleries for dozens of Greater Cincinnati communities, can be found in a drop-down menu in the right-hand column.
To get a better view, click on each image to enlarge to 800 x 600. Photos will open in a new browser window.
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Previous reading on BC:
City Hall's green roof will stay closed to the public (6/10/10)
Cincinnati working on green roof incentive (9/11/08)
Bortz proposes green roof incentive (7/3/08)
Cincinnati names two additional green roof sites (5/20/08)
