City Walk
Site work, silver maple, bulldoozer
PA I81
NW edge of the Interstate.
PA I-81
This in Pennsylvania. They keep the trees in another part of the state.
Pond
Valentine’s Day
Hearts full of love and sadness.
short track
Joining one track, side track, fast track, back track, alternate track, main track, keep track, needle track
green and gray infrastructure
Pictured above, existing wetlands on the north bank of Moore’s Creek upstream from its intersection with the Rivanna
Pipe which will convey stormwater to the wetlands.
Five acres of wetland under construction.
City Walk
US Department of Housing and Urban Development City Walk Apartments Project No. 051-35616. Owner Coal Tower Associates. Architect: Davis Architects. Contractor: Summit Contracting Group, Inc.
standards and design-fire engines
Municipalities have cook books for those interested in adding to City infrastructure. How to make a ramp, how to build a curb, how to make a fire engine cozy.
Some Cities include in the cook books specifications for green infrastructure. How to plant a tree in an urban environment and obtain its ecosystem services, how to build a road that won’t hurt the river, how to infiltrate rainwater into the ground near where it falls.
Search your City’s standards manual for the words green, narrow, sustainable, pervious, woonerf…