New Trees in Bed Stuy
The Bed-Stuy blog’s initial cynicism about Mayor Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC program has been replaced by optimism: “Our stretch of Myrtle Avenue is already looking much better thanks to this program. So far I’ve spotted new Dawn Redwoods, Honey Locusts, English Oaks and Pin Oaks on Myrtle east of Classon. Soon after I took these photos the…
The Bed-Stuy blog’s initial cynicism about Mayor Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC program has been replaced by optimism: “Our stretch of Myrtle Avenue is already looking much better thanks to this program. So far I’ve spotted new Dawn Redwoods, Honey Locusts, English Oaks and Pin Oaks on Myrtle east of Classon. Soon after I took these photos the trees were suited up with Tree Gators. Hopefully Myrtle will become a beautiful tree-lined avenue in the future.” Where else have people been noticing new trees popping up recently?
Speaking of trees- Anyone know what’s coming (or not) in the pits on Fulton between Clinton and Cambridge (or thereabouts)? When they redid the sidewalks they included the tree pits but alas, no trees.
“I would love to live on a block with mature trees on both sides of the street.”
Take it from me – it’s a very good thing. Although you do wind up doing a lot of sweeping of the property, and tree roots do sometimes cause problems. A small price to pay, and as MM says, it’s a healthy activity.
I filled in the request form online for the City to plant trees outside my brownstone, and 6 months later (in April), they planted 4 on my janky block of Vanderbilt between Fulton and Atlantic!
Knowing that each residential dwelling must have at least one tree, I am glad that the 6 brownstones on my block now have a tree in front of each. We got a ginko, 2 different oaks, and an elm.
denizen: Anglo-Saxons love trees. They like them growing no matter where, no matter what. Mediterranean folks think of trees as sources of timber and fruit. They may not think a big mangy London Plane tree growing from a concrete hole in the sidewalk is a thing of beauty.
Pollarding used to be done to provide a yearly crop of sticks and poles for various uses, basket-weaving, that sort of thing. Pollarding extends the life of a tree also.
do you guys remember the tree in Poltergeist?
*rob*
Rob, Rob, you clearly get such joy from your inane posts. When I first moved to my neighborhood I attended an old timer block association, mainly made up of older women. Many of them were against trees being planted because of the attendent maintenance issues – leaves, roots pushing up sidewalks. For the same reason many of them had concreted their front and back yards. But I would be (vaguely) interested in a reasoned post for any other argument against planting trees. My enighbor doesn’t want a tree in front of her house because she plants roses. Myself, I planted a tree which has grown immensely in seven years in my front yard. Such a pleasure to come home to.
Rob, I believe the folks who built the brownsones would agree with you about trees. Trees were viewed with suspicion in the old days. They were breeding grounds for insects and disease and hiding places for criminals.
If you had to plant a tree, you would “pollard” it in the Continetal fashion. Meaning you would chop its head off and allow it to grow in a very controled puff, not spreading out limbs all over the place. They still do this in France and the Low Countries.
Today our attitude towards trees is quite the opposite but it is good to know some still cling to the old ways.
I like trees. I like Bed-Stuy. I’m okay with this.