Thursday, October 6, 2016

The sad demise of a Ridgewood street tree

You may recall back in 2013 when a school building under construction in Ridgewood resulted in the damage of the street trees around its perimeter. Well it appears that the destruction of one of the trees was completed this week.
I'm sure the stump will stay for quite some time. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they just removed it and filled in the tree pit.

Taxpayer money planted it, helped destroy it and took it away.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

There goes more of our hard earned money. Wasted time and time again.
Is that tree in front of my house paid by my taxes too? If so I never agreed to it. Had to put in a new sidewalk because of it and if I do not clean the leaves I get a ticket. Makes you think.

(sarc) said...

Keeping the Parks Department Forestry Division busy...

Anonymous said...

2 years ago 3 small trees died on my block. I contacted 311 like you're supposed to do. They got stumped, and have never been replaced despite repeated 311 requests to do so.

Remember that whole 'million tree initiative'? More like 1 million stumped dead trees.

Though who knows I hear central park has some nice new trees.

Anonymous said...

In Ridgewood, like so many other Queens communities, trees are seen as a nuisance.
Cut 'em down!

Anonymous said...

the contractor is getting fined for not properly protecting the tree, right?

JQ LLC said...

999,999 trees left...

I wish the city was this diligent to take care of dying trees. There are various in the southeast that look like they are going to snap any second. And with Matthew sanking up the east coast, the remnants from that cat 4 storm might give some violent persistent winds that will make it happen soon enough

Anonymous said...

Fact: Nearly one-third of the million trees that were planted died within 5 years of their planting.

Anonymous said...

Now if this were a money tree, it would be very respected....particularly if the fruit it bears winds up in politicians' pockets.
But , alas, trees ain't worth nothin' !!!!

Anonymous said...

Source?


Fact: Nearly one-third of the million trees that were planted died within 5 years of their planting.

Anonymous said...

Good location for a bioswale.

Anonymous said...

>Good location for a bioswale.

I was about to say...

>Fact: Nearly one-third of the million trees that were planted died within 5 years of their planting.

Source? And how does that compare to the survival rates of trees planted in cities in general?