Then a savvy volunteer adapted the equipment to reach the towering canopies of amarillon and mayo colorado trees.
The winner, JPRCR Architects (Camilo Restrepo runs it), and Plan B Architects (Felipe Mesa and Alejandro Bernal), came up with the Orquideorama, a towering wood meshwork canopy rising 65 feet above a latticed patio.
"They have solid bones," he added, describing the street, with its canopy of towering trees, as beautiful.
Events Much of what occurs in Kansas City in the summer occurs out of doors under its canopy of towering oaks, elms and other impressive trees, but the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, (816) 751-1278, www.nelson-atkins.org, has chosen this season to mount a major indoor exhibition, "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art From the British Museum".
After spotting thick lichens that absorb 40 times their weight in water and then release it, you'll wander myriad trails through a cloud forest where an isolated stone bench sits under a canopy of towering foliage.
Under canopies of towering trees, roadside vendors hawk other popular snacks, such as puffed rice, plates of fried bonda (potato) and bhaji, thick slices of pineapple, cucumber, and watermelon, cups of sugarcane juice, and sticky sweets such as jalebi and Mysore paks.
"Not big ones, but they're going to get big, right?" But for now, gangly oak trees with delicate twigs for branches sprout alongside streets that were once covered by canopies of towering maples, and dining rooms once softly lit with sunlight filtered through tall trees have become dining rooms ideally suited for spying on one's neighbors.
Vines are strewn about and the canopy towers high above.
The area may have resembled North America's Pacific Coast, with forest canopies dominated by towering sequoias and a diversity of smaller plants growing closer to the ground.
