Maturing Trees Line the Streets
— by Mike Bowermaster — 27 April 2009 — 1 comment below »
From the Powder Keg all the way past the Shell station, the endless parade of young trees along Sycamore Avenue are indeed sycamores. To imagine what the future experience of this boulevard will be like, one only has to stroll down the streets of Alameda. There this very tree can be found fully grown, and at maturity, they’re quite grand. The united canopy, created by rows of sycamores lining a street, becomes a rather impressive tunnel of dappled light.
Fully grown sycamores; a common and hearty street tree. (Alameda, Calif.)
A few decades from now, when our kids or grand-kids are walking amongst the streets of our waterfront, the quality of the urban landscaping will be amazing.
— Mike Bowermaster, steps from the Intermodal Transit Station and future Downtown.
Howdy Waterfront Villagers,
This morning I inspected a dead tree at SW corner of Park St. and Promenade St. It evidently never thrived in the latest re-planting and has yet to be identified as I’m still asking. Furthermore, I still do not know identity of those originally planted along Promenade St. West. Raywood ASH is the best I can ascertain.
It’s been nearly six years and I have yet to enjoy any street shade trees on this original Phase I & II of Promenade St. Indeed, I am envious of the growing canopy on Main St. and naturally succomb to the charms of the lovely Prunus trees. In sharp contrast, Park St. still looks sadly anemic, if not bleak.
But alas, I’m quite predjudiced. I grew up alongside The Golden State Highway aka Old Highway 99 that bisects old town Ceres, Stanislaus Co. A few yards from our modest, but still charming, post-war stucco rancher stands the original pioneer ranch Gothic home built 1870, now the City Museum. I learned to walk, run and hide and seek under a grand canopy of 80 year-old ranch yard pecan and almond trees. Our concrete street is lined with Modesto Ashes planted c1945; the city cut one down recently. I still return in late fall to pick-up the two kinds of Pecans. For pies, of course!