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Public space, particularly rights-of-way, is the major focus. The yards adjoining streets and highways are also recognized as important spaces for tree planting. Collectively, these spaces are the components of Knoxville’s streetscape and form a significant portion of the urban forest. Various kinds of streets are addressed in the plan, ranging from parkways to neighborhood streets. In recognition of succinct differences, the plan addresses the following: |
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| Major corridors like Kingston Pike, Chapman Highway and Broadway are given particular attention because they are so often devoid of trees. | Other thoroughfares are also addressed; these include the major roads like Cedar Lane and Pleasant Ridge Road that provide connections from one part of Knoxville to another. | Neighborhood streets are discussed in terms of their characteristics. For instance, the landscape of older streets that have planting strips between curbs and sidewalks is considerably different than the landscape of winding suburban roads. |
| Time is another dimension in the realization of this plan. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands of trees were planted in neighborhoods and along Knoxville’s streets. Unfortunately, many of those trees were cut down. Still, other trees have been conserved and highlight of some of the loveliest neighborhoods like North Hills and Sequoyah Hills. Looking at photographs from those earlier eras, one can appreciate the dimension of time in creating and conserving street trees. While the last section of this document includes a five-year planting and improvement program, it generally takes decades for trees to reach maturity. As such, this plan is inherently long range in nature. As a philosopher once observed, we don’t plant trees for ourselves; we plant them for future generations. | ||
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