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October Red and White Oak (Quercus rubra and alba) on Balsalm Avenue Houses tucked close together on a compact avenue, a streetcar rumbling along a major roadway just down the block, and trees, lots of trees, some of them up to 120 years old…What could be more iconic of downtown Toronto's residential areas? Trees shelter our home environments, functioning like giant air conditioners to cool our houses and buffer the noises emanating from busy roads. The urban trees that line our streets add to the "curb appeal" of residences, increasing real-estate values. Cities and nature are often thought of as incompatible, but Toronto's urban forest reveals that it is possible to live in and with nature. Photographs Copyright © Voncenzo Pietropaolo, 2007 Texts Copyright © Lorraine Johnson, 2007 Back To:
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