Jon,
Most of the damage was between @90th and 105th. ?(It's almost as if the storm knew where the poshest neighborhoods were and avoided them! It was an economically biased storm and it should be sued...) I'm trying to search through my photos for some "before" pix I might have. The damage to the willow tree by the pond at 98th and CP West was heartbreaking to me!? Jenny -----Original Message----- From: jon parker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:26 pm Subject: [ENTS] Re: Storm damage to Central Park, NYC trees 8/19/09 Thanks for the pics and links Jenny. I don't know the north end of the park but I was at the Natural History Museum (79th st) last Friday and all of the trees in its immediate area seemed to be fine. -Jon On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:58 PM, JennyNYC<[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is a link that has some good info and better pix: > > http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=stormdamage_appeal > > Jenny > > > On Aug 28, 2:20?pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: >> ENTS, >> >> Finally went up to look at the terrible damage to trees in the >> northwestern section of CP after a violent storm. >> >> The clean-up work is going quickly so, the most prominent trees have >> already been cut, but as I ventured into the less populated parts, I >> got a better idea. Then my sandal broke and I couldn't continue >> traipsing around barefoot so my mission was incomplete! ?-Jenny >> >> (Oh, the article mentions that some famous elm trees were destroyed, >> and, while some elm trees may have been destroyed, not the 'famous' >> ones that run along an esplanade.) >> >> pix:http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/CentralParkSotormDamage81909... >> >> Here is short AP story >> >> Central Park's storm damaged trees to be mulched >> Associated Press - August 20, 2009 10:45 PM ET >> >> NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City official says hundreds of trees in >> Central Park were so badly damaged in this week's storm that they will >> have to be mulched. >> >> The storm swept through the urban oasis on Tuesday night, snapping >> some of the Manhattan park's famous American elm trees in half and >> uprooting others. Officials say between 500 and 600 trees were >> severely damaged. >> >> Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says the wood can't be reused as >> firewood or turned into furniture or lumber. He says Manhattan, >> Brooklyn, Queens and parts of Staten Island are part of the Asian >> longhorned beetle quarantine area and any dead or damaged trees have >> to be chipped up. >> >> Officials estimate it will cost at least $500,000 to replace the >> park's destroyed trees. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
