Inspired by Untapped New York's new weekly series titled "5 Spots in 5 Minutes" , we'd like to share 7 gems you can see in 15 minutes on 2 blocks in Greenwich Village . 1. Alan Sonfist's Time Landscape Location: Laguardia Place and Houston Street The Time Landscape park was created by landscape artist Alan Sonfist. The landscape was proposed in 1956 "as a living monument to the forest that once blanketed Manhattan Island" prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the early 17th century. Sonfist conducted "extensive research on New York’s botany, geology, and history." The 25' x 40' forest park is composed of native trees, shrubs, wild grasses, flowers, plants, rocks, and earth. Image: Time Landscape (Sonfist's conceptual/land art peers are Martha Schwartz ("The Bagel Garden"), Robert Smithson ("Spiral Jetty"), and Richard Serra ("Spin Out (for Robert Smithson)). Image: Time Lands