LET'S GIVE IT UP TO THE MAN IN THE BRONZE HAT Now that I know what a sycamore tree is, I want to doff my hat the the man who started it all, William Penn. It was Penn who declared that the capital city of his Holy Experiment should be a "green countrie towne." And more than 325 years later the country has long left the town, but the green still graces the city.

Whenever we see William Penn it's usually as a stiff bronze statue atop City Hall. But Penn was the original 17th Century Green Party leader. It makes sense he should be viewed through trees.