So here's my favourite little quirky thing in New York, which to me is a perfect embodiment of New York's attitude, and a direct result of New York's street grid, arguably two of the city's most famous aspects…
In 1982, 11,000 people planted 11,000 trees on an artificial mountain near Ylöjärvi, Finland forming a mathematical pattern based on the golden section. The project was conceived by the artist Agnes Denes and the site is legally protected for the next 400 years.