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April 22, 2009

Adopt-a-tree

Posted by Sam @ 9:22 am |

 

6 Comments.

  1. I love this tree and it is nice to see someone else enjoying it as well. It’s next to the Gold’s Gym and it is wonderful that it isn’t next to any utility lines so it has never been brutally trimmed.

    SC @ April 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 am

  2. I paid the City $50 for a tree last November. Now it’s the end of April and still no tree the planter box that’s in front of our office. What makes it more frustrating is they won’t return any of our emails or phone calls trying to find out where the tree is. If I had it to do again, I would have paid $25 at Lowe’s and bought and planted a tree on my one!!!!

    Dave @ April 22nd, 2009 at 2:25 pm

  3. I guess my cynicism is getting the best of me… I have seen a good number of seemingly health trees marked with signs that they will be cut down soon. So we can pay the city $50 to plant a new tree, but they won’t leave the existing ones alone?

    Sean @ April 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm

  4. I know this tree. Isn’t it great and beautiful and perfectly shaped? In the fall it puts on a great show of yellow and gold. I’ve always marveled how it remained so grand in its asphalt garden.

    paul_h @ April 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm

  5. city arborists have plenty to do without cutting down “healthy” trees…i have faith those guys are doing the right thing…they are on a shoestring budget and minimal staff, i am going to assume they are not looking for random stuff to cut down to keep themselves busy

    Fiona @ April 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am

  6. This tree is one of my favorite arborial manifestations in Richmond. It’s so wonderful, big and lush. Anybody know what kind it is?

    Following up on this, here’s a hearbreaking image from 1915, of an estimated 300-year-old tree getting taken down due to street work on Park Avenue.

    http://richmondthenandnow.com/Images/Historic-Richmond/300-year-old-tree-big.jpg

    Taking down an otherwise healthy living thing like this is tantamount to a kind of murder; or like taking a wrecking ball to some classic building.

    Harry @ April 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

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