Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957, Newport Improvement Association · [Cambridge, Mass., The University press] · leaf 27
this Association might well get under way. In some of the olderstreets, and in too many of the newer streets, there is a lamentable absenceof the trees upon which the quahty of this characteristic Newport streetscenery is so dependent. The planting of public street trees is seldom de-sirable… … EVEN THE OLD STREETS ARE NOT ALWAYS AGREEABLE WHERETHE TREES HAVE DISAPPEARED — PORTION OF SPRING STREET up with the inconveniences rather than cut them down; but to plant themthus as a general practice is not a wise undertaking. There seems to be noreason, however, why the irregularly disposed…
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