Seeing Trees, A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin by Sonja Dümpelmann

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“A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city.

“Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts.