Seeing trees : a history of street trees in New York City and Berlin /

Dümpelmann, Sonja,

Seeing trees : a history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / Sonja Dümpelmann. - xi, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1: New York City -- Tree doctor vs. tree butcher: standardized trees and the taylorization of New York City -- Street tree aesthetics: uniformity and variety along New York City streets -- Tree ladies: women, trees, and birds in New York City -- Planting civil rights: street tree plant-ins in New York City -- pt. 2: Berlin -- Burning trees: street trees in wartime and early Cold War Berlin -- Greening trees: replanting East and West Berlin -- Shades of red: art, action, and aerial photography for a green Berlin -- Unity and variety: Berlin's new urban forest -- Epilogue: street trees of the future.

9780300225785 0300225784

2018938623

GBB936342 bnb

019267815 Uk


Trees in cities--History.--New York (State)--New York
Trees in cities--History.--Germany--Berlin

SB436 / .D84 2019

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