Driving to the Post Office along J Street this morning, I noticed a "detour"sign posted at 43rd St due to road work. Glancing down the road I saw deep piles of greenery and limbs blocking the middle of the street. And there was a huge crane in the midst of it. So I drove down another street to M St, approached 43rd, and then drove about a quarter of the way down it and parked, all the while keeping one eye on the crane. I couldn't quite figure out what was going on at first when I saw this:... katigarner dcfreitas 2009-10-01T02:31:43Z 2009-10-01T02:31:43Z

WoW what a haul!.......it will make a lot of good old growth redwood stuff. I wonder what they sold the wood for? Hopefully enough to pay for getting the tree down.

dcfreitas 2009-10-01T02:31:43Z Suzanne Hurt 2009-09-30T21:36:58Z 2009-09-30T21:36:58Z

Nice photos, Kati.

Suzanne Hurt 2009-09-30T21:36:58Z aprilshowerz 2009-09-30T05:43:19Z 2009-09-30T05:43:19Z

What a great article, I guess you can never underestimate the power or size of a little redwood. They don't call them 'suckers' for nothing! Beautiful tree... we all have our time... and this redwood was definately a third wheel. Great GREAT job to the tree company, and crane company involved. Looks as if everything went smoothly, AND superb job to the photographer and journalist- I learned a lot! I can't believe each piece was 8000lbs!

aprilshowerz 2009-09-30T05:43:19Z Paul Cox 2009-09-29T19:04:47Z 2009-09-29T19:04:47Z

It is a huge bummer that they had to go. It's unfortunate that the buildings couldn't be modified to allow for the trees to grow even higher, rather than chopping them down wholly.

Paul Cox 2009-09-29T19:04:47Z SpringsNavarro 2009-09-29T15:56:42Z 2009-09-29T15:56:42Z

While I see their need, it must have been heart breaking for them to remove the tree.

SpringsNavarro 2009-09-29T15:56:42Z Sonny Mayugba 2009-09-29T02:34:36Z 2009-09-29T02:34:36Z

Too bad they couldn't keep the trees. Fantastic photo documentary.

Sonny Mayugba 2009-09-29T02:34:36Z Judith58 2009-09-29T02:27:02Z 2009-09-29T02:27:02Z

People don't think about how big that tree will be in 30 to 40 years. One would have still been to big for the space. The roots were tearing up the foundation of the house, but still a loss.

Judith58 2009-09-29T02:27:02Z