It serves as a rare green lung amid the ever-growing concrete jungle, an oasis of calm away from the hustle and bustle.
A block south is the sleek Wishes Park, an oasis of concrete floors and polished cherry-wood tables, with a planetarium and a music hall where the Medellín Philharmonic rehearses.
At his 100,000-square-foot compound on his family's former citrus farm, a garden oasis amid concrete density, he is cultivating tens of thousands of cactus from around the world, imagining a huge public park and nursery selling small pots for $1 or less.
The memorial's undulating concrete blocks are a sombre oasis in the city centre.
A grain of sand, a camel, and an oasis are each concrete entities.
The Body Actualized Center in Brooklyn lives a double life--a meditative oasis among the concrete by day and a hotbed for experimental music and dance by night.
From the lush greenery and the scent of honeysuckles, to near-eerie silence and hermetic privacy, they afford a peaceful oasis amidst the concrete sprawl.
Luckily, there are shiny examples around the world which bring back hope that in the heavily industrialized 7-billion people peofle of all walks of life can enjoy green oasis alongside the concrete and glass edifices of the 21st century business.
Stone Mountain Park, they say, is a rare green oasis in this sprawling concrete metropolis.
As the loving thunderbolt ushers us into the lofty communal living room, views open out on to a secluded courtyard garden, where a concrete colonnade marches around a hidden oasis of grasses, wildflowers and cherry trees.
