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Kiley Gardens was a masterpiece of modern landscape architecture that was neglected and may soon be demolished.

Read the sad story here:

http://www.tclf.org/news/april_2004_kiley_asla.htm

There is a group that is seeking to restore the Gardens to its former glory. Here is their website:

http://www.kileygardens.org/

Currently, the park containing the Gardens is overgrown and now resembles a modern ruin, almost “cemetery” like. Astonishingly, the project is only 15 years old.

The Gardens serve as the plaza for a large bank building downtown. "The design of the Gardens and the bank building involve "Number Mysticism and the Golden Proportion. The Golden Proportion, including a logarithmic pattern know as the “Fibonacci” series, led to the conceptual proportioning in the design process. After analyzing the project site, it was observed that the footprint of the…

Please ready my journal entry re Kiley Gardens and please make sure to check out the other photos in the Kiley Gardens gallery.