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Storms Wreak Havoc on Neighborhood Trees

July 20, 2018 | 10:02 AM
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A storm Wednesday night knocked down some neighborhood trees, including a massive old Elm on Riverside Drive and 116th Street. The American Elm fell over into the park, as shown in the photos above and below by David Windt.

A tree also fell into parked cars on 71st Street in a storm on Tuesday night.

Fallen tree due to storm 71st St. @westsiderag pic.twitter.com/dYewEcUN0q

— Juan Paul (@globalcitizenz8) July 18, 2018

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BillyNYC
BillyNYC
6 years ago

The parks department informed me this morning that tree was a 200+ year-old elm tree that fell at 116th St. Very rare elm giant tree found only in the Northeast.

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Lunabee
Lunabee
6 years ago
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The forestry of the trees in Riverside park is deplorable. They do not prune trees in a timely manner. They wait until such an event happens and then cut the entire tree down. There is another rare American elm on the 101st path between Riverside Drive and riverside annex. This tree has suffered two major mishaps now. The first from a straight line wind storm several years back. More recently a huge branch came down because it was top heavy. It’s a shame that we will continueto lose the old stock.

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B flat
B flat
6 years ago

Gorgeous old tree, even if it wasn’t 200+ years old.

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peter
peter
6 years ago

a sorry loss for all concerned !

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peter
peter
6 years ago

Maybe they could save the wood from the fallen tree to some cabinet makers, timber framers, barn builders…….

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dannyboy
dannyboy
6 years ago
Reply to  peter

I wish I could believe.

But were in the New Improved NYC.

The Cost/ Benefit Analysis rules us.

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Eln
Eln
6 years ago

RIP beautiful elm.☹

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Chrigid
Chrigid
6 years ago

When a tree is both rare and old, wouldn’t you think they’d find a way to brace it, especially when we don’t know what climate change has coming around the corner.

If they leave the stump there, will anything grow out of it?

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dannyboy
dannyboy
6 years ago
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“If they leave the stump there, will anything grow out of it?”

Only our heartache.

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