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Stump Stories: Ladd and Bush Bank Building, Salem, Oregon

Image: Tree memorial, Ladd and Bush, Salem, Oregon, courtesy of Bonnie Hull (source) In downtown Salem, Oregon, three of five Zelkova trees at the Ladd and Bush Bank Building, currently housing a U.S. Bank branch, were removed by U.S. Bank after appealing the Shade Tree Advisory Committee’s original “no removal” judgement.  Citizens demonstrated against the […]

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Stump Stories: 80 Wooster Street, NYC

  Forty-five years ago, artist George Maciunas transplanted two trees from a Canal Street parking lot to 80 Wooster Street. The Parks Department deemed the trees dangerous but they were not removed until residents requested a removal after being told that the trees, especially the northern one (above) would compromise the installation of a standpipe […]

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