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Best Roadway LandscapingSunrise Drive READER'S PICK: Many American cities are laced together by a tangled set of disjointed roadways. You can never be quite sure where you'll end up. In Tucson, we're somewhat blessed by the plodding grid that stretches clear across town. But who among us doesn't long for an occasional uneven, crazed thoroughfare, the rise and fall of a natural landscape that admits, for once, who's boss? Sunrise Drive, while not especially crazed, does provide some of the natural beauty and spontaneity lacking in our other distressed byways. Lodged near the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Sunrise spans from Sabino Canyon Road to north Campbell Avenue. By day, cruise past xeriscaped medians of mature mesquite and palo verde trees, purple-flowered Texas Rangers, brilliant Red Bird of Paradise and the low, slender-toothed Desert Spoon. Funded in part by Pima County and Westin La Paloma, these miniature roadside vistas strike an elegant yet natural desert pose. By night, careen toward the cityscape from up high, letting your mind wander to spaces unknown. There's even a slip of a bike path for serious pedal pushers--if you dare. READERS' POLLRUNNER-UP: Mountain Avenue
A REAL SCREAM: For the last 10 years, a diverse group of
folks in Armory Park have worked together to plant more
than 600 trees along the streets of their neighborhood. The
impact is startling: You can see the well-defined green area from
the air. What sets this tree-planting project apart from others
in the city is the neighborhood's long-term commitment to the
health of the trees. Every Sunday morning throughout the winter
months, a group of 8 to 10 volunteers can be seen out pruning,
staking, petting and whispering sweet nothings to trees throughout
the neighborhood. All so we can walk down the sidewalk in the
shade without getting mesquite thorns in our eyes. God bless 'em,
every one.
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