tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6843451446075087336..comments2024-03-28T08:15:11.684-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: A memorial for bendy tree in Tompkins Square Park tomorrowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-92052920941987460002014-09-29T14:05:01.538-04:002014-09-29T14:05:01.538-04:00Sorry to come in so late, but people forget that c...Sorry to come in so late, but people forget that city agencies and institutions are generally motivated by covering their legal liabilities rather than protecting anyone. I doubt that anyone will ever know whether the bent tree would last another 40 years or forty days, but I would as soon take the word of a city arborist as a Ferguson police dept spokesperson for an instance of police violence or an armchair amateur arborist. The tree had healthy leaves, as i recall, so it may have merited some further effort to save. (The complaint that it was hollow inside doesn't seem particularly telling. Some hydrocephalics have average inteeligence with less brain than the tree had pith.)<br /><br />It should not be ignored that the bent tree was not just unique in the park, but a unique feature among trees in city parks. Kids used to run up it, so it did merit some special attention. It is not likely to be replaced by another bent tree. (-; That there are more pressing problems in the world is no doubt true, but not a reason to avoid questioning the destruction of something of value in your backyard.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464179798705084025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57379945430353655142014-09-27T23:06:44.386-04:002014-09-27T23:06:44.386-04:00Typical- no memorials for homeless who've died...Typical- no memorials for homeless who've died around the park but all this for a tree . I just don't get it. I guess trees are more valuable. I guess in the new NYC that's how it goes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40848062784011586962014-09-27T17:31:01.314-04:002014-09-27T17:31:01.314-04:00ya, people need to get a grip.ya, people need to get a grip.Matthew has 2 T's, dumbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538839847504077505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64128839255897556512014-09-27T15:05:14.558-04:002014-09-27T15:05:14.558-04:00I agree, getting a new tree makes more sense for a...I agree, getting a new tree makes more sense for a memorial. The hand wringing over "bendy" tree is just over the top--I mean are they going to create a shrine there with dopey candles and dead flowers now?<br />We need more trees in that park, period. Who would you contact? What would the costs be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57692169402512543682014-09-27T11:23:08.464-04:002014-09-27T11:23:08.464-04:00Sooooo.... Why isn't this memorial a planting ...Sooooo.... Why isn't this memorial a planting of a new healthy tree???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24390337993542618522014-09-27T11:03:48.862-04:002014-09-27T11:03:48.862-04:00Please show us your certified Arborist degree so w...Please show us your certified Arborist degree so we can know that for once, you know whereof you speak. <br /><br />Waiting.<br /><br />Waiting.<br /><br />Still waiting.<br /><br />Uh huh. Didn't think so. Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18756375490235993132014-09-27T10:20:30.819-04:002014-09-27T10:20:30.819-04:00No mystery surrounds the action. The tree was not ...No mystery surrounds the action. The tree was not safe. <br /><br />Having a memorial is fine, but this tree needed to come down. shmnychttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_w4Eu7nN8Ynoreply@blogger.com