Seeing trees : a History of street trees in New York city and Berlin

By:

Dumpelmann, Sonja

Publication details: New Haven Yale University Press 2019Description: xi,318pISBN:

9780300225785

Subject(s):

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

DDC classification:

635.977 DUE

Contents:

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

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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

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