This just in from a BHB tipster… more on the Clark/Henry tree controversy: Alas, another reason why a tree (or two) can’t grow near the Clark Restaurant on Henry Street– this time, a Shop Rite truck protruding quite far onto the sidewalk (at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday). Would it be worthwhile to let our […]
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A Tree (Doesn’t) Grow on Henry Street
A BHB reader sends us this missive along with photo: I’m wondering if there’s a good reason why the tree well on Henry Street facing Clark’s Restaurant, at Clark and Henry, is perpetually empty– no tree! I know why it’s always rutted with tire marks– delivery trucks find it convenient to pull up on […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Trees Report for Duty
Trees bound for Brooklyn Bridge Park were offloaded onto Pier 3 last week.
Waterfalls Didn’t Hurt Trees, Now Can We Just STFU About It?
Just as experts promised last year during the brouhaha/embroglio/cluster**** over Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls art project allegedly inflicting damage upon trees along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, the Brooklyn Eagle has found someone who says the trees are A-OK. Not only that, but the recent wet weather has caused some trees along Columbia Heights to be “too […]
Update2 on Promenade trees
How long will it be until we know the fate of the trees on the Promenade and at River Cafe, following last summer’s aborcidal salty spray from the NYC Waterfalls? The Eagle published a story yesterday, and we spoke with Parks Department spokesman Phil Abramson today about what the city is doing to monitor the […]
Eagle: Folks Fidget Over Fate of Foliage
The Brooklyn Eagle follows up on last year’s War on Trees waged in part by the NYC Waterfalls “art” installation. Brooklyn Eagle: Anxious eyes are looking for green buds on the honey locust trees and other plants along the south end of the Promenade. Leaves were turned brown last summer by a windblown salty spray […]
BHA Plants Some Trees, Makes Life Pretty
This may be the year of the War on Trees, but the Brooklyn Heights Association is doing its part to add more to the neighborhood by planting new ones: Brooklyn Eagle: BHA Makes…: The trees are all different kinds; the type of tree that gets planted varies depending on the site. They are “scattered about […]
BHA on Tree Killin’ Waterfalls: Never Again!
Even though an arborist tells the Brooklyn Paper that the Brooklyn Heights trees assaulted by the salt water spray of Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls will not be permanently damaged, it’s enough for the BHA to shout “never again!”:
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