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Thoroughfares
Magnolia Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue are discussed in
Chapter 4, Major Corridors. The streetscape character of the thoroughfares
falls into a few general categories. In the oldest parts of the sector,
major roads like Wilson Avenue and the western portion of Fairmont Boulevard,
were created as part of a grid street system and are defined by sidewalks
and street trees. The second category includes the early county roads
like Boyd’s Bridge Pike and Buffat Mill Road, and roads that were improved
with suburban growth like Valley View Drive and Ault Road. Overhead
utility lines constrain tree planting along some sections of these thoroughfares.
Yard trees and small native trees under utility lines are the recommended
approaches. The third category is winding, curvilinear thoroughfares,
with Holston Hills Road being the foremost example. The natural appearance
of the roadsides should be conserved.
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods closest to downtown are developed on a grid system with
blocks that often have sidewalks and occasionally have planting strips.
A few neighborhoods that were laid out prior to World War II, most notably
North Hills and Holston Hills, were created to take advantage of natural
landscapes The roads are surrounded by a variety of native trees that
were planted in yards. Sidewalks are not part of that landscape. Subdivisions
that were created in later years were developed along long blocks and
cul-de-sacs and are not as richly landscaped.
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