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A tree lawn, also called by a variety of dialectical names including sidewalk buffer, boulevard, berm, verge, nature strip, utility strip, planting strip, parkway, or devil's strip (or devil strip), is a small area, often planted with trees and grass, between a street and the sidewalk of that street. Tree lawns are most often found in residential areas.
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Legal status
Tree lawns and sidewalks are typically public property. Public tree maintenance is usually a municipal responsibility. Some municipal governments demand that abutting private property owners maintain the public sidewalks.
In Australia, the nature strip of a public road is public land but by custom is mowed and otherwise tended by the owners of abutting private property.
Advantages
Some advantages of tree lawns include: aesthetics, increased safety and comfort of sidewalk users, protection of sidewalk users from the splash and spray of passing vehicles during inclement weather, storage area for snow plowed off the street, and room for benches, bus shelters, street lights and other amenities.
Dialectical differences
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This term has significant dialectical differences, and some dialects and idiolects do not include a term for this area, instead using a circumlocution.[1]
Usage includes:
- verge
- England, New Zealand;
- nature strip
- Australia;
- tree lawn
- areas of Cleveland, Ohio, and Terre Haute, Indiana, among others;
- parkway
- Chicago, Illinois area;
- boulevard
- Northern Minnesota[1]
- devil strip
- Akron, Ohio and parts of northeast Ohio.[2][3]
Gallery
 Densely-planted Tree Lawn in Raleigh, NC |
 Densely-planted Tree Lawn in Raleigh, NC |
See also
References
- ^ a b The triumph of slang, John A. C. Greppin, 2002-02-01
- ^ Mr. Smarty Pants, The Austin Chronicle, December 29, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2008
- ^ Cassidy, Frederic Gomes; Hall, Joan Houston (1985). Dictionary of American Regional English: Introduction and A-C (6th ed.). Harvard University Press. p. 55. http://books.google.com/books?id=vAr2T4Bh7nkC&pg=PA55&dq=devil+strip. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
External links
- Devil Strip – many links discussing usage
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