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Jean wrote:
I've lived in Northeastern Ohio my whole life. We call it the tree lawn. It doesn't matter if there is no tree, it's still the tree lawn. I never heard it called anything else. Maybe my world is too small. Growing up in Southeastern Wisconsin, everyone I knew called it "the space between the sidewalk and the street". Of course it wasn't a big topic of conversation, and people weren't obsessed with giving things nicknames back then. Eventually I did start to hear it called the "parkway" or "parkway strip". Part of the reason for such non-concern about it was that in the City of Milwaukee, the trees in the strip were planted by, and owned by the City. The adjoining property owners were not allowed to landscape the strip in any way. They were expected to keep the grass tended: weeds picked, mowed properly, and watered. Some folks re-sodded or re-seeded the grass, but anything more than that could lead to a ticket and removal. In commercial areas, a request for pavement could be made. Carriage walks could be installed in residential areas, but they had to be maintained to the same standards as the sidewalk. So the ordinary person only had to worry about watering and mowing the grass, and keeping the dandelions down. There wasn't much of a reason to come up with a special name for "the strip between the sidewalk and the street", or "between the sidewalk and the street" for short. The first time I heard it given any kind of derogatory name was a few years after moving to Portland, Oregon where I heard it called the "hell strip". By that time I had noticed that it wasn't a standardized, sanitized zone like in Milwaukee, and that people landscaped them very differently, and very seldom does that mean a single tree surrounded by sod. I don't think I've ever seen anyone watering their "hell strip", either. But my subdivision doesn't have sidewalks, so it's not something I see everyday. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Have an outdoor project? Get a Black & Decker power tool:: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/blackanddecker/ |
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