A new kind of street tree grows in Newton
At 37, Vanessa Spilios can remember when the city’s many big trees would become green again each spring, including an old maple in the corner of her family’s yard in West Newton.
The Garden City has long celebrated the trees lining its streets and standing sentry in its parks. Photographs taken near the turn of the last century and kept by Historic Newton show broad, leafy canopies shading roadways such as Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands.
But out walking that same street this month, Spilios said she’s noticed many of Newton’s trees are either dying or have died in recent years. Even the big maple at her family’s home.
Advertisement:
Read the complete story at BostonGlobe.com.
Don’t have a Globe subscription? Boston.com readers get a 2-week free trial.
