I'm using an article in the Friday Wall Street Journal as the basis for this post about Tree Streets--not street trees, that's a related topic--but streets named after trees. We have a bunch of them in our City of Trees that are listed along with the history of other B'game street names at this Historical Society page. The Journal worked with Trulia to determine
In the U.S., over 5% of current (real estate) listings are on streets with tree names, according to Trulia's analysis of 100 metro areas. In most of these areas, the median listing price for homes on tree streets is a notch above the overall median listing price, most likely because tree streets tend to be in areas that have more trees. ...such naming dates back to William Penn, who planned the city of Philadelphia. All the east-west streets are named after trees. All the north-south streets are named after numbers.
Here's the most common tree streets in order from Trulia: oak, pine, maple, cedar, willow, elm, walnut, palm, laurel, cherry. We have them all here in B'game and H'borough (I'm counting Oak Grove, Pinehill and Elmwood) except cherry. Not on the Journal's list, but ones we have include acacia, linden, eucalytus, and pepper. Did I miss any?
Sequoia and Myrtle, and ironically, Garden, after the huge exotic garden that Trousdale and Murchison bulldozed on the grounds of the former Mills Estate.
Posted by: jennifer | November 10, 2013 at 08:28 PM
Sequoia?
Posted by: Greg | November 10, 2013 at 09:14 PM
Right you two are--Sequoia. Right between Franklin and the hospital. But I rejected Myrtle as a bush, not a tree--same with Bayberry Pl. And I realized I forgot Cypress which is crazy since it is right around the corner from me!
Posted by: Joe | November 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Laurel and Maple?
Posted by: JROC | November 11, 2013 at 02:25 PM
Both Laurel and Maple are listed in the original post, but I did think of another one that is not: Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon) - A California native evergreen shrub that typically grows to a dense 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide. Older plants can be taller and wider and even trained into small trees.
So we will run with Toyon as a tree and it is just south of Cammisa Motors off Carolan.
Posted by: Joe | November 11, 2013 at 04:43 PM