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History: 800 years ahead for Banyan Street ‘cathedral’

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BY KAREN GRACE,BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY In 1915, Peter Bradley of the American agricultural Chemical Company had 26 banyan trees planted on each side of what was then Second Street. The trees may have been part of a 1914 master plan produced for the company by landscape architect Carl Rust Parker. Banyan trees were proposed “to help transition the gritty railroad town into a resort town.” Thirteen trees were planted on each side of the roa…
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History: 800 years ahead for Banyan Street ‘cathedral’

BY KAREN GRACE,BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY In 1915, Peter Bradley of the American agricultural Chemical Company had 26 banyan trees planted on each side of what was then Second Street. The trees may have been part of a 1914 master plan produced for the company by landscape architect Carl Rust Parker. Banyan trees were proposed “to help transition the gritty railroad town into a resort town.” Thirteen trees were planted on each side of the roa…

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