Streetfilm: The Mayor and the Model Plant a Tree
Q: What do the Ninth Avenue Cycle Track, Michael Bloomberg, Clarence the Purple Traffic Calming Wizard and Tyra Banks have in common?
By
Brad Aaron
4:01 PM EDT on April 18, 2008
Q: What do the Ninth Avenue Cycle Track, Michael Bloomberg, Clarence the Purple Traffic Calming Wizard and Tyra Banks have in common?
A: A new street tree. What else?
The Streetfilms crew stumbled upon the media scrum for last week’s Bloomberg-Banks photo op and caught this tree planting in action, just where the Wizard had made a request for greenery last fall.
Do supermodels always grant your wishes, Clarence?
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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