Seeing trees : a History of street trees in New York city and Berlin
Dumpelmann, Sonja
Seeing trees : a History of street trees in New York city and Berlin - New Haven Yale University Press 2019 - xi,318p.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest 1
PART ONE NEW YORK C ITY
1.Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of
New York City 21
2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets 43
3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City 67
4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City 97
PART TWO. BERLIN
5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin 125
6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin 158
7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin 186
8. Unity and Variety: Berlin's New Urban Forest 218
Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future 242
List of Abbreviations 251
Notes 253
Index 301
9780300225785
Trees in cities -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
Trees in cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Arbres dans les villes -- New York (E�tat) -- New York -- Histoire.
Arbres dans les villes -- Allemagne -- Berlin -- Histoire.
GARDENING -- Essays.
GARDENING -- Reference.
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
NATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
Trees in cities.
Germany -- Berlin.
New York (State) -- New York.
635.977 / DUE
Seeing trees : a History of street trees in New York city and Berlin - New Haven Yale University Press 2019 - xi,318p.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest 1
PART ONE NEW YORK C ITY
1.Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of
New York City 21
2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets 43
3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City 67
4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City 97
PART TWO. BERLIN
5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin 125
6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin 158
7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin 186
8. Unity and Variety: Berlin's New Urban Forest 218
Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future 242
List of Abbreviations 251
Notes 253
Index 301
9780300225785
Trees in cities -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
Trees in cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Arbres dans les villes -- New York (E�tat) -- New York -- Histoire.
Arbres dans les villes -- Allemagne -- Berlin -- Histoire.
GARDENING -- Essays.
GARDENING -- Reference.
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
NATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
Trees in cities.
Germany -- Berlin.
New York (State) -- New York.
635.977 / DUE