Before Rockefeller Center a Garden?

Sa "Today we explored the city within a city Rockefeller Center."

Mo "I don’t know if I liked it. It might have been better when it was a botanical garden."

Sa "What? This was an architectural achievement. Especially since they built it during the humans Great Depression."

Mo "Great Depression? Oh, you mean when humans could not afford to buy lots of treats."

Sa "Um, something like that but let’s talk about the center instead. Why did you mention a garden?"

Mo "You mean I know something you don’t? Awesome!"

Sa "There is always a first time for everything. I am listening tell me about the garden."

Image of  Elgin Botanical Garden (https://brianaltonenmph.com)

Mo "Before it was Rockefeller center it was this country’s first botanical garden. A human David Hosack was a doctor and professor of flowers and plants at Colombia University. He bought 19 acres of land that would eventually be midtown. There he built a garden to study plants for medical uses. It was named the Elgin Botanical Garden. It had flowers from all over the world and there was a 62 foot long greenhouse on the land. In fact later it would be the model for the New York Botanical Garden. Sadly, the human ran out of money and the garden fell into disrepair and was no longer used. Then somehow it got taken by the next human Rockefeller."

Sa "Interesting do you know how, why and what happened to create Rockefeller Center."

Mo "Nope. That was it for me."

Sa "Well that was really interesting. Next, post I will teach you about the how, why and what of the city within a city, Rockefeller Center."

Mo "Cool I will be ready to learn."

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