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nice garden but that shower is silly. why would you need an outdoor shower if you dont have a pool or sauna or something?
The Outsider: Cobble Hill Backyard Shines in Fall With Boxwood, GrassesCurious, trying to remember. What public school was across the street from the then (1981) entrance to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, on Washington (I think). We sometimes walked over and had lunch there, which was really quite good.
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