159,000,000

That's how many trees there were in Chicago as of 2019, according to the US Department of Agriculture. I had a hard time believing that myself, and did a spot check. On the half-block where i Live there are cose to thirty trees in the [arkway and in yards. This is a short sstretch with three parking lots.

Between 2000 and 2010, the City planted about half a million trees. I've notice another surge in tree planting jut in the parts of Lincoln Park that I pass on the bus. In one stretch between Diversey Harbor and Belmont there are ovr two dozen nenw trees. That's only about half a mile.

Chicago s rapidly becoming The City in a Forest.