Sad news for all tree-huggers out there. Vancouver's Parks Board has voted to cut down Stanley Park's legendary
Hollow Tree, deeming it a safety hazard. The 1000 year old cedar has been dead for years but is a hugely popular tourist stop for anyone who spends even a minute in the park. In all fairness, they did try to save it however engineers deemed that the only way to keep it standing is by creating a "cumbersome girdle of external supports that both the board and tree fans agreed was grotesque." The plans are to keep the pieces on display and to plant a memorial cedar in the last remaining ring of the Hollow Tree. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that tree when they bring it down -- it would be heartbreaking to watch. Here are some pics of the tree today and over the years. If you added them up, I wonder how many photos there are in total of people in this tree just out there in the world...
Sad news for all tree-huggers out there. Vancouver's Parks Board has voted to cut down Stanley Park's legendary Hollow Tree, deeming it a safety hazard. The 1000 year old cedar has been dead for years but is a hugely popular tourist stop for anyone who spends even a minute in the park. In all fairness, they did try to save it however engineers deemed that the only way to keep it standing is by creating a "cumbersome girdle of external supports that both the board and tree fans agreed was grotesque." The plans are to keep the pieces on display and to plant a memorial cedar in the last remaining ring of the Hollow Tree. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that tree when they bring it down -- it would be heartbreaking to watch. Here are some pics of the tree today and over the years. If you added them up, I wonder how many photos there are in total of people in this tree just out there in the world...
2 comments:
Not to get all sappy, or punny for that matter, but seeing trees cut down makes me cry. It is like an automatic reflex I have no control over--kind of like having your knee hit with a reflex hammer.
What a beautiful tree. There's something so compelling & fascinating about standing inside of a tree that's been dead & hollowed out for that many years. I guess part of the reason why people want to stand inside of it. To feel like they are part of the larger world & the continuity of life.
I agree with la belette rouge!
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