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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔍🏛️ A #study from the University of #Exeter shows that as early as the 1830s, a #London #realestate firm called Brooks and Hedger used cosmoramas to sell high-end estates.

    A #cosmorama was a gallery of #paintings viewed through a magnifying lens, giving the illusion of depth and depth of field. Artists hand-painted bird’s-eye views of each listing, offering buyers an early “virtual tour” more than a century before the #internet.

    👉 popsci.com/technology/19th-cen

    #history #1800s #19thcentury #tech #technology #innovation #culture #victorianera #art #science #zillow

  2. @lychee
    I've read about #urbanGardens in the form of #rooftopGardens and #verticalGardens before, and I agree it's an awesome concept which I'd like to see more of.
    Even just growing grass on #sodRoofs, as they used to do here in #Norway at least since the #1800s, and still is quite common on cabins, would make quite a difference: nibio.no/nyheter/mye-rart-p-no
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod_ro