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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
This tiny CBD garden provides an oasis for the office-weary
The small green space in the courtyard of 120 Collins Street is vibrant and leafy. It seems to go unnoticed by most commuters as they walk by. But it's just picked up a prize at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture's (AILA) Victorian awards. 'It's a really beautiful garden. Really dense and lush, and it's not necessarily something you find in the city all the time. So it's offering a really different experience to the public,' said AILA Victoria's jury chair and landscape architect Bridget Keane. Other projects that received accolades at Thursday night's ceremony included Richmond High School, Deer Park Station and the redevelopment of Ballarat's Bridge Mall. But Keane and the other judges were impressed with the efficient use of the site's small 310-square-metre space. It includes a range of indigenous and exotic plants, chosen with the help of staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens. There's also plenty of seating, as well as a smaller rooftop garden on an upper level that acts as a viewing space. Loading 'We have Treasury Gardens and other gardens surrounding the city … But this shows us how within this type of … podium environment, we can really have an amazing contribution to green space,' Keane said. '[It's] acknowledging how much can be packed into a small place and how many different things it can do.' Susie Quinton, the principal landscape architect at Hassell, the company that designed the garden, called it an oasis that looks to offer refuge to those in the CBD. In a recent international survey of more than 2500 office workers, Hassell found the most valued amenities were green spaces and fresh air. 'We know the healthcare benefits of landscape and greenery,' Quinton said. 'It's so important for workers and the public to have that opportunity within the really formalised, structural grid of Melbourne. 'It doesn't take much. The green space [at 120 Collins] is not big, but it really challenges green infrastructure and small spaces, and that public realm to work harder,' she said.
The Age
4 days ago
- Business
- The Age
This tiny CBD garden provides an oasis for the office-weary
The small green space in the courtyard of 120 Collins Street is vibrant and leafy. It seems to go unnoticed by most commuters as they walk by. But it's just picked up a prize at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture's (AILA) Victorian awards. 'It's a really beautiful garden. Really dense and lush, and it's not necessarily something you find in the city all the time. So it's offering a really different experience to the public,' said AILA Victoria's jury chair and landscape architect Bridget Keane. Other projects that received accolades at Thursday night's ceremony included Richmond High School, Deer Park Station and the redevelopment of Ballarat's Bridge Mall. But Keane and the other judges were impressed with the efficient use of the site's small 310-square-metre space. It includes a range of indigenous and exotic plants, chosen with the help of staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens. There's also plenty of seating, as well as a smaller rooftop garden on an upper level that acts as a viewing space. Loading 'We have Treasury Gardens and other gardens surrounding the city … But this shows us how within this type of … podium environment, we can really have an amazing contribution to green space,' Keane said. '[It's] acknowledging how much can be packed into a small place and how many different things it can do.' Susie Quinton, the principal landscape architect at Hassell, the company that designed the garden, called it an oasis that looks to offer refuge to those in the CBD. In a recent international survey of more than 2500 office workers, Hassell found the most valued amenities were green spaces and fresh air. 'We know the healthcare benefits of landscape and greenery,' Quinton said. 'It's so important for workers and the public to have that opportunity within the really formalised, structural grid of Melbourne. 'It doesn't take much. The green space [at 120 Collins] is not big, but it really challenges green infrastructure and small spaces, and that public realm to work harder,' she said.
NBC Sports
29-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nationals prospect Robert Hassell III hits 1st career home run
SEATTLE — Even after hitting his first career home run, Robert Hassell III didn't have much time to hang around the clubhouse and talk about it. His girlfriend was waiting. Eager to meet her at the team hotel, Hassell hustled onto the Washington bus and — with the help of a Nationals staffer — fielded questions from reporters via cellphone. 'I don't want to have her waiting too long,' Hassell said. 'My apologies.' Playing his sixth major league game, Hassell had three hits and two RBIs for the Nationals in a 9-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. The 23-year-old prized outfield prospect was drafted eighth overall by San Diego in 2020 and traded to Washington — along with James Wood, CJ Abrams and MacKenzie Gore — for Juan Soto and Josh Bell in a blockbuster deal at the August 2022 deadline. Hassell began the night batting .118 (2 for 17) with one RBI since making his debut. Before the game, Nationals manager Dave Martinez pulled Hassell aside and advised him to focus on the present rather than allowing himself to become over-amped. 'You want to try to do a lot,' Martinez said. 'But, this game is tough enough. It's tough enough.' Hassell responded with by far his best performance yet. He hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and a solo homer in the eighth that made it 7-0. The sweet-swinging lefty tried to focus on hitting balls to the opposite field. But when he got a pitch to jump on, he turned on a four-seam fastball from Mariners right-hander Blas Castano and drove it over the right-center fence for what Hassell called the best home run of his baseball career. 'This is the best one,' he said. 'Something I've been waiting for, and you imagine what it's like and all that, and it finally happened and I feel blessed.'
Winnipeg Free Press
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Nationals prospect Robert Hassell III hits 1st career home run
SEATTLE (AP) — Even after hitting his first career home run, Robert Hassell III didn't have much time to hang around the clubhouse and talk about it. His girlfriend was waiting. Eager to meet her at the team hotel, Hassell hustled onto the Washington bus Wednesday night and — with the help of a Nationals staffer — fielded questions from reporters via cellphone. 'I don't want to have her waiting too long,' Hassell said. 'My apologies.' Playing his sixth major league game, Hassell had three hits and two RBIs for the Nationals in a 9-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. The 23-year-old prized outfield prospect was drafted eighth overall by San Diego in 2020 and traded to Washington — along with James Wood, CJ Abrams and MacKenzie Gore — for Juan Soto and Josh Bell in a blockbuster deal at the August 2022 deadline. Hassell was called up from the minors last Thursday but began the night batting .118 (2 for 17) with one RBI since making his debut. Before the game, Nationals manager Dave Martinez pulled Hassell aside and advised him to focus on the present rather than allowing himself to become over-amped. 'You want to try to do a lot,' Martinez said. 'But, this game is tough enough. It's tough enough.' Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Hassell responded with by far his best performance yet. He hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and a solo homer in the eighth that made it 7-0. The sweet-swinging lefty tried to focus on hitting balls to the opposite field. But when he got a pitch to jump on, he turned on a four-seam fastball from Mariners right-hander Blas Castano and drove it over the right-center fence for what Hassell called the best home run of his baseball career. 'This is the best one,' he said. 'Something I've been waiting for, and you imagine what it's like and all that, and it finally happened and I feel blessed.' ___ AP MLB:
NBC Sports
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nationals place Dylan Crews on 10-day injured list with oblique strain, call up Hassell
Eric Samulski explains why Will Warren should be on all fantasy baseball rosters given his recent success in the New York Yankees' starting rotation. WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals placed rookie slugger Dylan Crews on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain on Wednesday. Crews, the second overall pick in the 2023 MLB amateur draft, exited before the sixth inning of Tuesday night's 5-3 win over Atlanta, after reporting stiffness during a fifth-inning plate appearance. He underwent an MRI earlier Wednesday. 'We know he's got a strain,' Nationals manager Dave Martinez said shortly before Wednesday's scheduled game against the Braves was rained out. 'We don't know the severity of it yet until the doctor sees him this afternoon.' Crews' first major league injured list stint comes after he homered in consecutive games Sunday and Tuesday for the first time in his career. He's hitting .196 with seven home runs - a high among rookies - and 15 RBIs. He said he'd been managing soreness for roughly a week. 'It's never a positive, you always want to go out there and play every day,' Crews said. 'But I guess it could've been worse. So we'll just get in the training room and get it right so I can get on the field as soon as I can.' In a corresponding move, the Nationals recalled Robert Hassell III from Triple-A Rochester. Hassell was scheduled to make his MLB debut by batting seventh and playing center field in Wednesday's rainout. Hassell was the eighth overall pick by San Diego in the 2020 draft. He'll become the fourth minor leaguer to reach the majors with Washington that was acquired in the 2022 trade that sent Juan Soto to the Padres, joining James Wood, CJ Abrams and MacKenzie Gore. 'It was a big trade, and everybody has high expectations for us,' Hassell said.
