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Are you ready for Baltimore's metamorphosis? Watch:
"No More Garbage Day! No More Trash Cans!"
Communal trash receptacles are available when people want to throw their trash away (and do anyways), no longer littering,
blowing in wind, get wet, or animal rummaged through. There will be at least one of each type of receptacle, completely sorted:
Compost/Yard, Glass, Paper, Plastic, and Other for each block to use around an intersection, so total of 2 intersections.
Freedom. Your garbage day can be once, or multiple times, even one bottle or leaf if you would like. With art, the receptacles
will fit in with entire program of intersection repair, making them meeting places.
[Intersection Repair is one of many thing I learned, experienced, and bring from 9 years of living in Portland, Oregon (2002-2011.]
With garbage trucks no longer needed to go down especially small alleys, Baltimore City saves tons of gasoline, and can move
people to other jobs - like planting trees! Growing trees in the backs of homes will allow many more trees - as vital
to have tree canopy than what the diagram shows in 33rd Street Baltimore Fishbowl article. First, getting rid of more
lanes makes the buses even slower due to still having to weave in (just like North Avenue, as painting red does not make them
be able to go faster due to parked cars....) and out. Second, use less concrete. No longer need to build or designate bike
paths, as the alleys become allee bicycle paths (seek pictures below). Instead of one bike path in the middle where
one still has to confront traffic just to get to it (think kids( on either side, there are 2, yes TWO both way bike paths
using allees are created!
"City Beautiful": $25.00 Fines for Orlando Residents for Leaving Garbage Can Too Long - WESH TV2
"A Bike Plan Revived: Adding a Path to the Olmsted-Designed 33rd Street Greenspace" - Baltimore Fishbowl (February 28th, 2022)
What's Your Pleasure? Your choice: Walking or bicycling in scorching hot sun as today's bike paths are designated/built,
OR travel underneath tree and flower canopy-lined alleys? View the 154 pictures plus several on this page. It is
okay now - dream humongously! Be on way. There is an even better way than thought, being given. Transform Alleys
to Allées.
ALL BICYCLES
WALKABILITY = The degree to which a built environment facilitates walking, and motivates people to walk in the first place.
With sidewalks and ramp-oriented corners when come to a street intersection, it commonly also means for wheelchair-bound
persons.
"So of course the health benefits are well known. And there is growing recognition of the potential mental health benefits
too. Every journey to public transport starts and finishes with a walk. So greater willingness to walk might lead to more
use of public transport. That in turn, could reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, improve air quality, reduce road congestion,
and help reduce road injuries.... Frees up space for car parking...."
Connectivity ~ Permeability ~ Public Transit Linkage ~ Safety ~ Path Quality ~ Dense Variety of Land Uses by the Path "20
Minute Neighborhood" of Products & Services ~ Path Context
"Reclaiming the Walkable City" - Michael Southworth Ph.D., FAIA, AICP
"Active-Friendly Transportation" - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Physical Activity Definitions - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Regarding repair in video: Allées to the rescue! Walking to a grocery store currently can be quite treacherous to
one's life. Multi-lane with multiple streets (like 8 lanes to get across from Auchentoroly Terrace to Conservatory & Druid
Hill Park) is so treacherous and hence, forbidden. Often shopping centers take absolutely no consideration, building
in a block, and place their trucks in the back, forbidding quick access, forcing people to walk all the way around. By placing
the parking in the back instead of the front, with entrance directly on the street, walkability from both directions becomes
simple and easy. Feeling good where one lives is important to our well-being.
"How to Design a Great Street" - City Beautiful
"How Does Permeable Pavement Work?" - Practical Engineering (2020)
YOKOCHO
Yokocho (both single and plural) is a Japanese word meaning, "Alleyways" or, "Alleyways off the side of a main street." Narrow
and often short small side streets are parallel to major roads. They are used for mass movement of people walking. Many
various types of eateries, bars, and stores are packed on each side of them.
Japan have many yokocho (single or plural). Their yokocho never had to "prevent traffic congestion," because there never
was any. So learn from yokocho! "The single biggest thing a city can do to reduce traffic congestion is to decrease
the distance between where people live and the places they need to go on a daily basis."
| ALLEY: BEFORE AND AFTER |
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| [No More Cans!] Statesboro, Georgia |
| "Farmers get support for planting tree crops" |
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| Statesboro, Georgia |
"Create an Allée for Any Size Garden" - Horticulture Magazine
"Farmers Get Support for Planting Tree Crops" - The Savanna Institute (2020)
Savanna Institute
"Poor neighborhoods in Baltimore have far less tree canopy than wealthier neighborhoods."
- National Institute of Health (NIH) (2020)
"Green Health: a Tree-Filled Street Can Positively Influence Depression, Study Finds" - The Guardian
"Around the World, the Soothing Sounds of Birdsong Are Used as Therapy: The Natural Tunes Decrease Stress While Possibly Invigorating
the Mind." National Audubon Society
"It's only a bus fare to get to a hiking trail outside the city with Trailhead Direct, a pilot public transport
service that ferries people to wild areas that aren't easy to access. There's an East African community in the city of
Tukwila that has a station. I led a group to go experience this wonderful nature on the Sky Country trail at Cougar Mountain.
And I could see in their eyes, they were just taken aback. The kids were like: 'What? In America, you can walk around in nature?'"
This study studies the German study, as well as others to conclude that yes, there is a direct correlation between lack of
nature and being so depressed that medication is prescribed.
It is the type of trees, which must be native, and part of entire ecosystem canopy restoration.
"Valuing Plants in Devalued Spaces: Caring for Baltimore's Street Trees" - Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (2019)
"The Role of Trees: Poor neighborhoods in Baltimore have far less tree canopy than wealthier neighborhoods. [No trees, no
shade, no relief as climate heats up]" - University of Maryland's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Capital News
Service, NPR, Baltimore Wide Angle Youth Media, and WMAR TV 2 ABC Television. (2019)
"Preservation, Regulations, and Policy to Protect and Grow Baltimore's Forests" - Cities and the Environment(CATE) - The Science
and Practice of Managing Forests in Cities (2020)
"Maryland’s Forest Conservation Act, first passed in 1991, requires developers to spare large “specimen”
trees and those bordering streams and wetlands. They're also obligated to replace at least some of what they cut down.
But the law only applies when about an acre or more is to be cleared, and it allows developers to pay to preserve trees elsewhere
rather than plant replacements."
Baltimore Street Tree Species List - 2018
"A Guide to Transit-Friendly Streets" - Project for Public Spaces
Project for Public Spaces ["Intersection Repair, Placemaking"....]
[Seek "Growing Trees" in last section of this page]
| HOMES FACE EACH OTHER ~ NEIGHBORLY NOISELESS |
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| SEATTLE, WASHINGTON HOUSES, WALKWAY, & ENTRANCES |
| "A LEAFY AVENUE" ALLEE |
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| ALLEES DE MUNICH in BORDEAUX, FRANCE - Photographer Wieslaw Jarek |
| A Baltimore "Paper Alley" |
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| A "Paper" alley is a small road behind detached homes with Telephone Poles. Where pick up papers. |
| COBBLESTONE ALLEE - ON ALLEY! |
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| An Allee at: 111 WELCOME ALLEY BALTIMORE 21201!!! |
| Consulat de Monte Cristo 1&1/2 blocks - City Hall |
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| Allee du Barrage Bellingham, Washington - Photographer Tom Cochran |
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Northwood Elementary School - Winner of 2019 "Wires Down: Do Not Touch"
What about the telephone poles?
The need for live trees supersedes any utility that simply does not want to put the telephone lines and cables underground.
First of all, it is a benefit to Baltimore, Gas, and Electric - owned by Excelon, as customers will no longer lose service
due to storms and other issues, especially in winter and hot spring and summer. Second, it will cut the emergency calls and
need to fix telephone poles. Third, it will cut the amount of danger - injuries to their workers, as going up telephone poles
(as cannot always use a cherry-picker-type of vehicle) is dangerous.
The ability to get rid of the concrete, grow trees, and make the allées of alternative materials proven to last for not just
hundreds but thousands of years such as cobblestone. The ability for Baltimoreans to learn the stone trade helps cut the
cost of labor. The current cobblestone still in use in Baltimore is evidence that there is that no maintenance needed once
properly placed. Future maintenance costs WAY out price the initial cost of cobblestone. No cement will keep us cool.
There is a practical reason cobblestone was used, and not brick. Certain heavy gravels, glass, even rubber (but rubber will
need to be replaced) can also be used. Water needs to be able to drain through to earth directly rather than be diverted
carried away, thereby adding to flood-prone areas. No "policy" can stand in the way of addressing Baltimore being an "Urban
Island" a flooding sea-level plain, and the need of restoring trees, as we cut too many hundreds of years ago, and it has
indeed affected our citizens health: physically (dire respiratory issues - simply breathing: asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia),
mentally (depression), emotionally (physical beauty - feeling good about oneself), and spiritual (connection to nature - the
web of life).
BG&E - Exelon Intentionally Puts People in Harm's way: Power lines continue to fall - They even say so!
Promotes archaic telephone pole power lines mainly found in "less desirable" neighborhoods
"Undergrounding Policies" - Exelon (BGE)
If gas and electricity weren't so dangerous, there would be no, "Safety Central Scoop" - a dedicated website specifically
for elementary school children.
| A McElderry Park Alley |
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| A McElderry Park Alley, Baltimore |
| BALTIMORE CITY: DARK GREEN ONLY ARE TREETOPS |
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| BALTIMORE CITY: DARK GREEN ONLY ARE TREETOPS |
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| Philadelphia: Washington Square West |
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| Allée in Philadelphia |
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| ELFRETH'S ALLEY ~ PHILADELPHIA |
"Why Philadelphia's Streets Are Better Than Other North American Cities" - Alan Fisher (2022)
"A Stroll Along the Allées Paul Riquet in Béziers, Southern France" (2023)
Newton, Massachusetts
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"Dancin' In The Aisles" - Barry Manilow
Notice the "aisle" is the front walkway of land-efficient homes.
"Dancin' In The Aisles" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - Barry Manilow
| HOMESTEADER PARK IN BALTIMORE - AN ALLÉE! |
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| HOMESTEADER PARK IN BALTIMORE - AN ALLÉE! |
Growing Trees
American Conifer Society
"The American Conifer Society makes conservation grants to individuals, research institutions, and public gardens who
are actively working to preserve endangered conifer species. If you or someone you know is involved in conifer conservation,
check out our award requirements."
2022 ACS National Meeting: September 15 - 18, 2022 in West Conshohocken, PA (10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia)
at Marriott Philadelphia West
Carefully consider what types of fruit trees to plant, as some will be better at adapting to the region's changing climate.
For instance, climate change shifts fruit trees to earlier bloom dates. Such a shift could increase damage from early spring
cold temperatures, as well as create a potential mismatch between emergence times of flowers and key pollinators. In addition
to selecting tree cultivars (varieties) that are resistant to frost and drought, choose the placement of plantings and use
coverings and/or windbreaks to maximize frost protection.
International Society of Arboriculture
Tree Baltimore [Baltimore City Program]
"Forest Conservation" - Baltimore Office of Sustainability
"Lightning and Trees" - International Society of Arboriculture
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) - The International Society of Arboriculture's bimonthly, peer-reviewed Journal
"Hummingbirds Love This Fast-Growing Tree And All Of Its Benefits"
LEARN BEFORE IRREPARABLE CONSEQUENCES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
A 2018 survey conducted by Georgia Tech researchers found the city's canopy had declined by roughly 1.5 percentage points
from where it stood in 2008, with close to half an acre of trees lost each day over that time. Scientists say tree cover
is vital to public health. Climate change-fueled heat waves and floods are increasing in intensity and frequency, and trees
are among the best ways to build resilience in urban environments. But data from the city's arborist division analyzed by
The Atlanta Journal Constitution shows tree removals — both legal and illegal — along with those classified as
dead, dying or hazardous, have exceeded the number of trees replaced each year since mid-2013, coinciding with a post-Great
Recession development boom. ....
The 2018 assessment by Georgia Tech researchers found that around 84% of the city’s canopy is on land zoned for single
or multi-family residences, making it vulnerable to development. ...
Kathryn Kolb, a conservationist who leads one of several groups pushing to modernize the ordinance, says those concerns are
overblown, and that the city can protect trees and keep the cost of living down if it focuses on density. 'If you tear down
a small house and put up a much larger house and clear that whole lot, we haven’t gained any density,” Kolb said.
“We’ve eliminated half-an-acre of trees, but we are not housing any more citizens.' Like many other urban areas,
Atlanta is getting hotter due to human-caused climate change. Annual average temperatures in the city have risen about 3 degrees
since 1930, according to National Weather Service data. Heat waves — a stretch of two or more days with abnormally
warm temperatures — are also becoming more frequent and intense. Federal data shows Atlanta experiences around six more
heat waves each year today than it did in the 1960s. Extreme heat is not just uncomfortable — it can also be lethal.
Heat waves are among the world’s deadliest natural disasters. ....
'Tree canopy is really the principal variable that governs how rapidly the city {Urban Heat Island} is heating up,' Georgia
Tech’s Stone said."
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1. SOLUTION TO TRASH: All Single Garbage Receptacles (including compost & recycling) -->BECOMES--> Intersection Neighborhood
Receptacles [Lifted out - scroll up to seek video]
2. ENERGY & PEOPLEPOWER SAVINGS: With garbage trucks no longer needed to go down especially small alleys, Baltimore City
saves tons of gasoline, and can move people to other jobs - like planting trees! Growing trees in the backs of homes will
allow many more trees - as vital to have tree canopy than what the diagram shows in 33rd Street Baltimore Fishbowl article.
First, getting rid of more lanes makes the buses even slower due to still having to weave in (just like North Avenue, as painting
red does not make them be able to go faster due to parked cars....) and out. Second, use less concrete. No longer need to
build or designate bike paths, as the alleys become allee bicycle paths (seek pictures below). Instead of one bike path in
the middle where one still has to confront traffic just to get to it (think kids( on either side, there are 2, yes TWO both
way bike paths using allees are created!
Communal trash receptacles are available when people want to throw their trash away, no longer littering, blowing in wind,
get wet, or animal rummaged through. There will be at least one of each type of receptacle, completely sorted: Compost/Yard,
Glass, Paper, Plastic, and Other for each block to use around an intersection, so total of 2 intersections. Freedom. Your
garbage day can be once, or multiple times, even one bottle or leaf if you would like. With art, the receptacles will fit
in with entire program of intersection repair, making them places to meet. Intersection Repair is something I bring from Portland,
Oregon, where I lived for 9 years
Mission Abound
Homes * Any Street * Baltimore * USA * 01234
Any Street * Anytown * Baltimore * USA * 01234
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