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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3004860, member: 27"]
I see a bunch of young trees there,some of which look very sick.  Further, you (wisely) chose the area of the boulevard with the widest median in the city.  I am not a tree expert but I suspect open surrounding space and distance from the road are important variables that playa big role in determining the long term viability of trees.  From the diagrams I have seen, the plan is to put the bike paths in the middle of the median, which is the worst thing you could do if you wanted to set things up to be tree friendly.  There won't be any areas like you are showing here.  That is a park like setting with tons of room.

Haven't seen any mature trees thriving along the Connective Corridor.  I will try and check them out the next time I am in the area.

I remember when I was a kid that Syracuse used to call itself Tree City.  They still try, though things are dramatically worse now than then.  I hope this works and it a first step towards making Syracuse beautiful again.

If the forestry people could figure out a way for elms to thrive again here, and we could get them planted and in place on James Street and elsewhere again, that would be incredible.

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