. A street tree system for New York City, borough of Manhattan ... t a single type can be sovaried by using different species of trees as to give a distinctcharacter to each of the more important individual streetsand avenues. A, few of the various types of planting designwhich are possible and appropriate in Manhattan are illus-trated by the accompanying sketches. These sketches in theform of street sections show these suggested types of plantingas recommended for some of the more important thorough-fares of our proposed system. While the forms of planting which it is possible to securepermit
. A street tree system for New York City, borough of Manhattan ... t a single type can be sovaried by using different species of trees as to give a distinctcharacter to each of the more important individual streetsand avenues. A, few of the various types of planting designwhich are possible and appropriate in Manhattan are illus-trated by the accompanying sketches. These sketches in theform of street sections show these suggested types of plantingas recommended for some of the more important thorough-fares of our proposed system. While the forms of planting which it is possible to securepermit of great variation, there are several readily distin-guished types which are particularly appropriate for Man-hattan streets. I. The Normal Type. The simplest form of street tree planting is that in whichwe have a single or double row of trees on one or both side- * Several American cities with excellent street tree planting sufferfrom monotony due to uniformity of planting design and the use of thesame species of tree on the majority of the thoroughfares. (27). PAVED SIDEWALh WITH SRAVEL PARKINuS ON EITHER SIDE ROADWAY PAVED SIDEWALK JO Fifth Avenue. Facing Central Park FROM SgT-i SI TO IIOTMST. LOCI A Planting of the Normal Type in the Unbalanced Form. A typical section illustrating the existing tree planting in this street. The present trees, American Elms, cannot be counted upon for long, as con-ditions are unfavorable for their growth and they are fast deteriorating. Theycould be replaced by Oriental Planes or Lindens. In replacing, one of severaltypes of planting may be had: the present form with a double row of treeson one side or either of the two forms illustrated in the following sketches. r e l\ n ORAVEL PARKINCiS PARK Jl I IDWALK - 3D ROADWAY 40 JrX. SIDEWALK30 IDO Fifth Avenue Facino Central Park SUGGESTED TREATMENT B,SEE OPTIONAL TREATMENT A C- LA. Planting of the Normal Type with Double Row on One suggested type for new tree planting on Fifth Avenue f
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