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There was a tree here
11/28/2016 8:11 AM by John M
The large tree at 22nd and Clay Streets was taken down over the weekend.
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via Google (Aug.2016)
All the oxygen, beauty and shade just got sucked out of the 522. Sorry to see that awesome tree go. Plenty of room for a home or two there without sacrificing a perfectly healthy tree that benefited the surrounding neighborhood.
It is a shame that the builder cut down such a large tree and that the city doesn’t have an ordinance protecting large trees from being cut down. It will take years to reclaim all the benefits that tree gave to the neighborhood. See this link regarding the benefits of urban “forests”. Check out the Richmond Tree Stewards website for more helpful information about caring for our trees.
http://www.state.sc.us/forest/urbben.htm
Link to Richmond Tree Stewards website: https://richmondtreestewards.org/
It is a building lot, people gotta live somewhere. But I wish that for every tree cut down another two (or more!) were planted somewhere else.
I wonder how old it was. Look at all that shade it provided.
To be fair, the tree was pretty huge, with limbs as big as trees, themselves, overhanging the street. I love trees, and love saving them, but this one could’ve soon become a huge liability in a storm.
And yes, it was an amazingly beautiful elm. Sad to see it taken down.
What a luscious tree. 🙁
I’ve always admired that tree. 🙁
If the city came through and gave everyone $20, y’all would complain that they wouldn’t make change for you.
http://treebenefits.com/calculator/
How much we ALL lost?
A former city director estimated the real estate value of a large shade tree to enhanced the value of a dwelling by $30,000. What a marketing plus the giant shade would have been to prospective renters, owners.
And that doesn’t touch the value of heating and cooling costs, or the health costs of poorer air quality, or the general quality of life for those sitting, walkin, living in the the blocks around this magnificent giant.
A former city planning estimated the real estate value of a large shade tree to enhanced the value of a dwelling by $30,000. What a marketing plus the giant shade would have been to prospective renters, owners.
And that doesn’t touch the value of heating and cooling costs, or the health costs of poorer air quality, or the general quality of life for those sitting, walkin, living in the the blocks around this magnificent giant.