Yes, blocks...20 to a mile. :-)
WOW...an hydroponic herb garden in the bowels of the Waldorf? Now that is some story! How did he come to see your hydroponic herb garden ?
I've always loved the Waldorf; it was quite near where I worked, when we lived in Manhattan and after we had moved to Chicago, we always stayed in The Towers!
Ahhhhhhhhh...Peacock Alley! :-)
He was doing a promotion with us at the farm store; fortunately, the house was big enough to have house guests on weekends. We met at the Fancy Food Show, held every other year, in NYC.