Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition » green roof http://www.qlchoboken.org Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:54:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Green Roofs in Hoboken http://www.qlchoboken.org/cgh/green-roof-hostess http://www.qlchoboken.org/cgh/green-roof-hostess#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:08:12 +0000 JDCap http://www.qlchoboken.org/?p=61 Green Roof on the former Hostess factory building on 14th StreetMembers of the QLC toured the green roof installed over the former Hostess factory building on 14th St by the owner, Bijou properties.

The planting medium is lightweight and supports a variety of low-maintenance sedum plants, making for a varied palette of colors. The plants retain rainwater, releasing it more slowly to provide relief for Hoboken’s flooding problem.

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