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.
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.
Here to calculate how much was lost: money, but health etc . We need to educate more about the value of our environment before it’s too late. As Richmond Tree Stewards we’re trying to preserve our Richmond trees. For the benefit of ALL of us.
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.
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Alex Goodmundson liked this on Facebook.
And I’m hoping to get the trunk.
So sad what those new owner did to make more apartments that tree could have stayed.
Houses going in.
Plenty of beautiful majestic trees at Jefferson Park across the street. This lot is better served by being housing. This is definitely progress.
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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
Terrapin Marquis liked this on Facebook.
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/
Here to calculate how much was lost: money, but health etc . We need to educate more about the value of our environment before it’s too late. As Richmond Tree Stewards we’re trying to preserve our Richmond trees. For the benefit of ALL of us.
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.