This fall artists have turned Times Square into an urban jungle with 185 tree-themed banners designed with political, environmental, and social issues in mind. The Urban Forest Project will flap in New York City's skyline through October 31st. The beautiful banners speak in pictures and words. One reads, "Trees can't afford to live here." Another simply states the word "mother" under an image of a pinecone. After the exhibit, the banners will be recycled into hip tote bags and auctioned off with proceeds going to students and scholarships of the visual arts. Mark Randall, principal of WorldStudio, and Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, planted the seeds for the exhibit.

If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can a forest can grow in Manhattan's bustling Times Square?

The Urban Forest Project, a new public art exhibit, has blanketed Times Square with trees — metaphoric kind.