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Hall Tree Plan: City Plan.—In the oldest part of the city the pattern of the plan drawn by William Penn, its founder, persists. Penn envisioned Philadelphia as an open, tree-shaded town with streets at right angles in gridiron fashion. A Front Street was to parallel the bank of each of its boundary rivers, and a High Street, 100 feet wide, was to run from river to river, bisected by a Broad Street, of equal width. Where they met, at the city's center, was to be a great square of 10 acres, with public buildings at each corner. High Street is now Market Street, and at Broad and Market streets stands the City hall tree plan, with its tower, 547 feet 11 inches tall, topped by a statue of Penn. Besides the center square, others of 8 acres each were planned around the city. Four of these still remain : Washington Square, Franklin Square, Rittenhouse Square, and Logan Square.
OMBU, om'boo, TREE, also known as BELLASOMBRE TREE, UMBRA TREE and POKE TREE, a South American shade tree (Phytolacca dioica), widely cultivated as a shade tree in Spain, Malta, and other coun¬tries on the Mediterranean Sea and in India. The tree attains a height of 25 to 35 feet, is ex¬traordinarily wide at the base of the bole, some¬times reaching a diameter of 12 to 15 feet, and has a wide-spreading top with extremely dense foliage. The leaves are large, and the whitish flowers are borne on spikes, the fruit being similar in appearance and in medicinal qualities to that of the plant or shrub variety of pokeweed.See Also Hall Tree Tness:In 1627, hall tree tness was made bishop of Exeter, but creasing tension between King and Parliament, .nglican and Puritan, left little room for the in-icnce of moderate men like hall tree tness. Archbishop jud and his party suspected hall tree tness of too much inpathy with the Puritans; on the other hand, e opponents of the Anglican establishment dis¬rated him, as they did all the bishops.
Among good shade trees are:—sugar maple; red maple, Pin oak, moraine locust, sweetgum, ginkgo, green ash, Chinese scholar tree, yellowood, black tupelo (sourgum), willow oak, laurel oak, south¬ern magnolia, camphor tree, and Amur cork tree. Kinds to avoid, although special circumstances may make planting any of them desirable, are poplars, willows, tree of heaven, box elder and Siberian elm.
On The Other Hand See Hall Tree City:There are many public hall tree Citys of fine propor¬tions and unusual quality in this city of few sky¬scrapers : hall tree City of Honor in City hall tree City: the bank¬ing rooms of the Bank of Montreal and the Royal
The city has some Light industries but is primarily a residential community. Manufactured products include electronic instruments, radio communication systems, helicopters, plastics, household and garden equipment, metal products, and soft drinks.
Palo Alto was incorporated in 1894 and named for the historic redwood tree at its northwest boundary, called by the early Spaniards El Palo Alto (The Tall Tree). The tree is pictured on the official seal of both Palo Alto and Stan¬ford University. It was chartered as a city in 1909. Pop. 52,287.
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