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12 comments:
Why was it removed? Did it go before the Tree Board?
They should have waited until Cara and Pantygoat tied themselves to the sacred tree, then we...outta my head! Outta my head!
Less shade for the hobo's and better views for the PBSO surveillance cameras! Oh! and also alot less cleanup for larry LOL
What's that white stuff in the bottom picture? It looks like, OMG, Larry!
Out with the old and in with the new. Happy New Years!
why the jokes??? that's an absolute sin to cut such an old, beautiful tree.
Hi, I also don't understand why there would be such weird glee over a tree which has been part of our great shady commons is gone. I have noticed that one or two there have not looked too good lately, and hopefully that is why it was cut down. Those trees are wonderful, and it would be a shame to lose them, they are part of our downtown charm.
The tree needs to be replaced as soon as possible with the same size caliber trunk, as the Landscape Regulations require and with another Strangler Fig, the Florida native ficus.
Heard it was a commissioner and the city manager who requested the tree be removed. Anyone else hear this?
It's very sad such a thing happened with commission oversight. Regardless of who removed it, I'd like to know why. Was a knowledgeable, licensed arborist consulted to determine the outcome? If it WAS diseased or damaged and the course of action didn't include treatment, we need an explanation. And if it WASN'T a sick or rotting tree, we REALLY deserve an explanation and assurances of an appropriate replacement. But I'm not holding any hope of either.
Had this landmark-sized tree been on private property, it would have required review and a permit for removal.
Keep in mind that this city chose rather brittle (especially for a hurricane zone) Yellow Tabebuia as a streetscape tree for our main thoroughfares... something that no reputable arborist would have recommended.
As to the tree board, they've never been pro-active. If they were, every Carrotwood and Brazilian Pepper would be history.
Lake Worth has a tree board? You have got to be kidding me. A 100 year old tree gets removed from the downtown and no one thinks, "Hey, don't we have a tree board in Lake Worth?" Whole lot of respect that board gets.
The remnants of that tree are ginormous, how much was the tree measuring in diameter before it was down?
-Samudaworth Tree Service
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