>Though like many of Chicago’s boasts that number was probably inflated by including replacement trees. My hackles go up whenever I see someone write "probably

>Though like many of Chicago’s boasts that number was probably inflated by including replacement trees. My hackles go up whenever I see someone write "probably." If Mayor Daley did one thing right, he spent a lot of money improving the greenscape in the city. The most obvious change in the past 20 years (in my opinion) is the former site of the Lincoln Park Gun Club (http://www.lincolnparkconservancy.org/diversy_point.html http://www.lincolnparkconservancy.org/diversy_point.html). The article mentions that they removed 11 trees and planted 105. What used to be a fairly empty and stark promontory is now a glade of nice shade trees (http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7G6Z_A_Signal_of_Peace_Chicago_IL http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7G6Z_A_Signal_of_Peace_...). Daley also added center lane parkways along Chicago's wider streets that add to the shade of the city. I don't doubt that there are a replacement trees in the total, but I once heard Daley admonish an employee for replacing good trees with "buggy whips" just to get the numbers up.