by | Mar 27, 2014 3:16 pm
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William Oberg Photo
William Oberg of Cottage Street was in the neighborhood late Wednesday afternoon as high winds tore a huge tree limb — “the size of a good sized-tree” itself — from an even huger maple. Police closed off the street as crews worked for hours to clear the area.
“This tree was a lovely old shade tree and will be sadly missed by everyone on Cottage Street!” Oberg wrote.
Oberg had his camera handy, and took these photos. The limb smashed three parked cars.
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Private property tree. Appears to be an Old Norway maple with poor structure and obvious cavity. Across street and into property from U.I. No story here. How many street trees fell in this tough winter? Not many. Trees do die/ fail at a rate of about 1-2% a year and are generally easy to predict. This tree will be missed by it apartment residents and people who pass by this property.
Cleft hollow trunk?!?
Should've been spotted by neighbors and taken down by the city.