Thursday, August 9, 2012
Architecture The Big Trees of Seattle
Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I not only love sexy trees, I also love big trees. This one is near Norman and 26th, in the CD.
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There is a really awesome ancient elm tree on 26th and columbia that is also a bee tree. Meaning there's a honey bee colony inside of it.
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All of sudden you're the Lorax?
Doesn't that tree stand in the way of density...or would you build an atrium over it, surrounded by the 1 bedroom, 7x5 condos of your desires?
Doesn't that tree stand in the way of density...or would you build an atrium over it, surrounded by the 1 bedroom, 7x5 condos of your desires?
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Woah! NSFW!
How am I supposed to focus on data entry with a big sexy tree like that on my mind??
But forreal, it is sexy. I could make a whole day out of tree observation.
How am I supposed to focus on data entry with a big sexy tree like that on my mind??
But forreal, it is sexy. I could make a whole day out of tree observation.
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Tall trees are a luxury we can no longer afford. In the future all urban trees must be limited to ten feet high to save space. I have reported this tree to the zoning board and requested immediate removal.
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Fellow tree lover here.
I want to build an iPhone app that allows users to browse and upload pictures, descriptions, and map coordinates of significant trees throughout the city, or, hell, even the world. Maybe even map out walking tours like Friends of Olmsted do. Something like that must already exist.
I want to build an iPhone app that allows users to browse and upload pictures, descriptions, and map coordinates of significant trees throughout the city, or, hell, even the world. Maybe even map out walking tours like Friends of Olmsted do. Something like that must already exist.
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Me too, Charles. Big fan of the big trees.
One of the more tragic events in Seattle history (in my humble view) was the cutting down of the mammoth old-growth conifers that used to be in Ravenna Park, earlier in the 20th Century. The city never gave a really good reason, only mumbling something about the trees not being healthy and it being a public threat. It was all crap, of course. Now there's only one mammoth old-growth conifer remaining in Seattle that I know of, in Seward Park, though I've never been to Schmitz Preserve.
One of the more tragic events in Seattle history (in my humble view) was the cutting down of the mammoth old-growth conifers that used to be in Ravenna Park, earlier in the 20th Century. The city never gave a really good reason, only mumbling something about the trees not being healthy and it being a public threat. It was all crap, of course. Now there's only one mammoth old-growth conifer remaining in Seattle that I know of, in Seward Park, though I've never been to Schmitz Preserve.
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Then you'd probably like Trees of Seattle, by Arthur Lee Jacobson:
http://www.arthurleej.com/tos2.html
I recommend this to anyone in this thread.
http://www.arthurleej.com/tos2.html
I recommend this to anyone in this thread.
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Big sexy fuckin' trees. Get your pine pollen all over me, baby. Swell my mucous membranes up bad.
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