“Regardless of neighborhood economic status, our side streets are graced with impromptu patches of wildflowers, sunflowers, tomatoes, blackberries and ferns, overshadowed by iconic oaks, maples, sycamore, white pine, and spruce trees. Our expanding system of rail trails encourages off-street exploration by bike or foot, while promoting fitness and casual neighborly chit-chat.”
From Rutherford Platt, “The Humane Micropolis”, originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/6/08
October pictures from the woods behind North Street…
See also:
Topographical Map Shows How Kohl Condo Proposal Will Eat Into a Rare Stand of Mature Trees in Downtown
The Ecological Cities Project: Greenspace in “The Humane Metropolis”
Rutherford Platt, “Regreening the Metropolis: Pathways to More Ecological Cities”
CommonWealth Magazine: “Urban greenery can bring better health, more attractive neighborhoods, and even safer streets”
MA Secy of Energy and Environmental Affairs: Urban Parks Deserve Protection as do Habitat Reserves and Working Landscapes
Irony of Infill: You Have to Drive to Enjoy Nature
Photo Essay: Arbor Day and the North Street Woods
Northampton Redoubt: Videos and photographs of a walking tour of North Street Northampton’s Mill Yard Brook and vernal pools
Photo Essay: 10 Reasons People Like Trees Around Them; Will the Sustainable Northampton Plan Put Urban Trees at Risk?
Photo Essay: Millyard Brook Swells with Water in Winter
Photo Essay: Our Woods in Winter
Photo Essay: The Forest Behind View Avenue