It's not quite switch thin, at more than 2" thick it's tough enough to stand up to skater kids, swinging car doors, doggie tinkle related damages, confused abusers of substance and all our city pollution, which it will help ameliorate. Hence the rite of passage, the transfer from a nursery somewhere to this tree pit on my street with the aid of the halters seen above. A few years ago a sick Ash stood in the pit and thanks to my neighbor's resolve it was removed before anyone was flattened by a limb.
Welcome new baby! The Litteleaf Linden, Tilia Cordata, a European transplant (like yours truly) will sweeten up the street as has the other one. I'm not sure why they don't use the native species, perhaps the habit is less compact and resilient to street conditions.
John Kiernan wrote that one does not need to use the eyes to identify these trees in summer since the ears alone will do. You can hear the sound of all the bees thronging for Linden nectar, so sweet it makes them drunk.
The bark of the young trees is much smoother than that of the older ones, but that's no surprise really.
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