tree walks public lectures and seminars an annual tree watching festival in the month of march when most trees are in bloomsomething on the lines of cherry blossom festivals held in kyoto and washington need to be organised there is even a list of notified heritage trees that need to be showcased with proper signage explaining their characteristics etcsignage of heritage objectslocationsart works etc with brief explanatory notes should be widely used only then will people understand the intrinsic worth of these valued landmarks in london every little nook and corner of the citys great history spills over to the streets with excellent signage of course no one can beat the americans in turning history into profit quite literally while chicago has a large number of excellent city tours on various facets of its history they even have a gangster tour that takes you around the famous hideouts of al capone the legendary gangster on whom a hollywood film too was shot therechandigarh can create its own tourism model nowhere in the world do you have such a rich blend of utopian urbanism iconic architecture great art and arcadian landscape all nestling in a compact area of 114 sq km a city whose lowly manhole cover sells for over thousands of dollars surely needs to showcase its heritage betterthe writer is former principal chandigarh college of architecture heritage expert author and founder member of chandigarh tree lovers group