Editing Royal Oak, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.79|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|11.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.08%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States Census]]| access-date = May 1, 2020|page=37 Michigan}}</ref>

Royal Oak developed around a river, the Red Run. Vinsetta Boulevard was built skirting a source branch of the Red Run for its median. In the 1930s, Vinsetta's entire median, along with the river and all but the tops of the bridges for the crossing streets<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=michigan/greenleaf|title=HistoricBridges.org - Bridge Not Found|website=www.historicbridges.org|access-date=May 4, 2016}}</ref> were filled in as part of a [[Works Progress Administration|WPA project]] during the Great Depression. During 1967–8, the rest of the river in Oakland County was buried within a six-foot drain pipe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coheadquarters.com/PennLibr/HistoricRO/Muller1.htm |title=A Run Ran Through It: Red Run, The Ghost River of Royal Oak |publisher=CO Headquarters |author=Penney, David G. Ph.D. |date=November 28, 2001 |access-date=November 25, 2008}}</ref>

Extensive tree-planting has taken place since the 1930s, leading to the town being nicknamed "The City of Trees",<ref>{{cite web | title=About Royal Oak | website=Royal Oak, MI | url=https://romi.gov/152/About-Royal-Oak | access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> although recent increased developments have caused controversy about the maintenance of the city's [[urban forest]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Martindale | first=Mike | title=Slew of developments trigger identity crisis in Royal Oak | website=Detroit News | date=August 22, 2018 | url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2018/08/21/slew-developments-trigger-identity-crisis-royal-oak/938012002/ | access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>