My office is located very close to Central Park, which I would consider one of the best examples of landscape architecture: wild nature at the epicenter of a world of events—wilderness created by human genius in such a way that it seems like it has always been there. Chattering streams that you can stop with faucets. Forests for rambling where you can get lost. Huge boulders lying there from the

Part 1 My mom was raised in mysterious neighborhood of St. Petersburg. From my earliest years I used to hear how much she hated building we lived in. I did not find it that terrible. There were a lot of factories around my building that were good for exploration. Decabristov Park was nearby. There was rebellion against the tsar’s regime in 1825 organized by noble people with progressive ideas. The