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• n  very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico

• Wall Street's merchants and insurance brokers then did their trading under a buttonwood tree.
• For more twists connoisseurs mix specialty hardwood chips with the charcoal: buttonwood from the Florida Keys, for example, gives meat and fish a woody flavor less sweet than .
• Since 1792, when 24 brokers met beneath a buttonwood tree at what is now 68 Wall Street to form the New York Stock Exchange, the Big Board has always closed on presidential .

• American sycamore
• American plane
• Platanus occidentalis

News & Articles

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• For Kids
  Buttonwood Park Zoo: Toe Jam Puppet Band, every Monday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Toddler Tales every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. www.bpzoo.org. Buttonwood Park Zoo, 425 Hawthorn St., New Bedford.
  June 27, 2013 - The Standard-Times
• Owner of collapsed building speaks out
  The owner of the Reading building that collapsed Tuesday evening, says he has been unfairly portrayed and wants to set the record straight. The property, on the corner of Buttonwood and Birch streets in Reading, belongs to Harry Stouffer. Wednesday, Stouffer gave 69 News a tour of the rest of the building that is still currently standing. He wanted to showcase the work he has done to try to ...
  June 27, 2013 - WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey
• Owner of crumbling building says he's a victim of Reading's incompetence
  Building inspectors were back on scene Wednesday, but demolition efforts stalled at a collapsed building in Reading. Inspectors were waiting to hear from a structural engineer. He was set to investigate the building Wednesday to determine if it is structurally sound. On Tuesday, demolition crews tore down a portion of the structure after it crumbled in the 1200 block of Buttonwood Street. When ...
  June 26, 2013 - WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey