As you travel down streets in Brussels, the city appears to be remarkably devoid of plants. There are some big parks (one or a few city blocks in size), and some small parks (less than a city block), and at the south end of the city is a much, much larger park. But if you look at Brussels from the sky (as I have done virtually, using Google maps), it appears to be an uncommonly green city. How is this possible?
I'm glad you asked. Most city blocks here have buildings lining the streets, with no space between the buildings. But usually the buildings aren't so deep that they completely fill the interior of the block; usually, there's an interior space, and often it's green.
Several properties in our immediate neighborhood are managed by the same company. Behind our building, there is a yard of sorts with a brick house in it, also managed by our building's management company; and beyond that is another building, not managed by "our" company, which looks out on the street parallel to our street, on the other side of our block. Capische?
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Non capische. Are you describing enclosed courtyards? Is there a play area or seating area behind your building? And how do you use Google maps??!! Thanks for writing. We love the blogs. love Mom/Joan/Omi
ReplyDeleteI believe that he is...we haven't really spent much time in either open space behind our building or the one across the street as it is usually raining! We have located a few kid-friendly spaces (i.e. play equipment) though that are open to the public. The courtyard ones have open space and seating and some plants but not much else!
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