L.A. Greenway.L.A.'s roadways are about to get a breath of fresh air. By the end of this year, about 3,500 London planes Noun 1. London plane - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree Platanus acerifolia genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore , Tipuana Pipus and Australian willows will be planted alongside the city's major transportation routes. The $965,000 program, designed to absorb pollution and provide shade, was put together by the city's Environmental Affairs Department using state and federal transportation dollars. "The first of the trees could conceivably go in within three to four weeks," said Melinda Barrett, division director at Environmental Affairs. "It'll take us a good eight to l0 months to get the trees in, but it's starting." The first areas to get the trees will be Third Street between La Cienega Boulevard La Cienega Boulevard is a major north/south arterial road that runs from El Segundo Boulevard in El Segundo, California on the south to its end on the Sunset Strip/Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. and Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard (which separates the Westside from the central part of the city) with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end. , Lankershim Boulevard between Oxnard and Vanowen streets, and along Palms Boulevard. "They'll look like a great greenway, which is our goal, to plant greenways Greenways is a set of three short atmospheric piano works composed by John Ireland in 1937; entitled The Cherry Tree, Cypress and The Palm and May. across the city." |
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