oasis

The mock Georgian home on the prestigious Victoria Road also features a separate building for entertaining guests and a host of other features, described on the website as "the ultimate relaxation oasis".

For longtime residents, MacArthur Park is a shadow of the 35-acre urban oasis it was built to be.

"This was the first time I realized what an enormous task it was to take a piece of desolated desert and turn it into a blooming oasis," Zer writes.

“It’s a beautiful oasis in the middle of the city,” Willard Beasley said.

Eventually, we heard whispers of a respite from all the stats, an oasis of peace: