I don't know why they removed the one at 42nd and Spruce, but they may replace it yet. For some reason, you can't replace the tree right away, you have to wait until spring. For the record, even though I was basically arguing with a guy at the Fairmount Park tree dept. over my tree, he WAS very amenable to the idea of replacing it and offered to do so next year. That just wasn't the answer I wanted to hear at this point. On a related topic, my mom in L.A. just sent me this: ___ I just saw an article on "California Gold" (KCET) about a Santa Monica city worker who used to inspect sidewalks for tree damage; faced with cutting down 26 trees, he had a dream of rubber flexible sidewalks. It ultimately led to the development of rubber sidewalks which have been tested for 5 years; Santa Monica is now the first city to use the modular sidewalks made from recycled tires when they replace their sidewalks instead of cutting down trees. (www.rubbersidewalks.com)
* * * * it's a shame when a large mature tree is taken down. does anyone know why the big ol' royal paulownia on the nw corner of 42nd and spruce was removed? I recently noticed it was gone, hadn't realized it was unhealthy or problematic -- it bloomed magnificently just this spring. now there's only two remaining paulownias on that block (one at each end, when there used to be two at each end). nothing was planted in the place of the removed paulownia ... ......... laserbeam [aka ray] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
