#urban-greening

#urban-greening

The world-famous high street, that has appeared in hit films such as Notting Hill and Paddington, will have wider granite pavements, new lighting and greening after Kensington and Chelsea councillors approved the plans during a meeting on Tuesday night. Other improvements include more dropped kerbs for wheelchairs, more parking bays and replacing concrete anti-terror barriers with sliding bollards. Works are expected to begin in January 2027, according to the council.

Camden Council, with financial backing from Transport for London (TfL) has published the first sketches of how Holborn could look after its Liveable Neighbourhood revamp of several streets in and around Holborn. According to the council, the aim of the multi-million pound project is for residents to be able to breathe clean air, with more plants and trees, in beautiful new and improved spaces.

Streets look better with trees. Sure, some might drop sap on your motor, but there's no denying that a road framed by leafy greens is much nicer on the eyes (not to mention better for the lungs). One of London's poshest retail destinations is the latest part of the capital to benefit from a green makeover. Sloane Street, a one-kilometre stretch which runs between Knightsbridge and Sloane Square, has been transformed with new trees, plant beds and wider pavements.

Stretching over five miles from 2nd Street to Carson Street, the $65M Studebaker Road Transformation Project has officially broken ground. And with that, it is set to become one of Long Beach's most ambitious and meaningful infrastructure upgrades in decades. More than a facelift, it's a rethinking of what a major corridor can be. Safer for people. Greener for the planet. And smarter for the city's future.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden crowned Eastern Parkway between Franklin and Bedford Avenues as the 2025 Greenest Block in Brooklyn, marking a first for apartment-lined stretches.

"It's very popular, especially when the fruit comes out - it's even more popular then... We love the fact it's an open space, a community space."

As the climate crisis throws its destructive effects ever more fully in our faces, cities during heatwaves are their own type of ground zero.