Tuesday, January 4, 2011

East Village Weeping Willow

HACKED DOWN 12/10
This old tree was an East Village landmark. Apparently the City thought better than to let it grow and pruned it to a single bare stalk. Thanks Bloomberg!
Thanks to EV Grieve for original report.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats actually fine for the tree. (its in that evgreieve article) and thats the tree on 9th and c not the one in the article.

Ken Mac said...

Thanks for the correction !

Still not sure I believe that is good for the tree, and it certainly wasn't necessary

Birdman said...

Amazing!

Farmchick said...

It's a beauty.

Banjo52 said...

How does one NOT see a woman's hair in weeping willows? A great looking tree. I too have wondered about the argument that they MUST be pruned. The way they are in natural forests? Ditto for mowing lawns and raking leaves. But I'm no expert.

Jean Spitzer said...

I too wonder about what happens in nature, when you hear, must be pruned.

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Kitty said...

That is terrible.
Weeping willows are invasive trees, though. They take up all the water from surrounding plants.

But I can understand your feelings. It's tough to see large living things destroyed.

mheidelberger said...

Too bad, its a beautiful tree...

Anonymous said...

This is not the one!!!Wrong location.