On Dec 18, 2013, at 2:44 pm, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In one corner of the (rather ugly) Penn medical campus is a lovely pocket > park, with many trees, paths, and a pond. It is the highlight of my walk to > and from work, and an oasis for many who work in the area. > > Alas, to Penn, it is land without a building on it, and they have been > nibbling at the edges of the park for decades--it's about 50 feet smaller > than it was when I arrived 32 years ago. > > Another building is about to go up, and this scene saddened me on my way to > work last week. By the time I went home, the 60-year-old gingko and hemlock > were gone (along with a huge, wonderful holly tree out of the frame), and > only a few logs and a pile of wood chips remained. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17629070&size=lgd > > or > > http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17629070-lg.jpg That really sucks. I'm a bit of a closet tree-hugger so it always saddens me to see people cut them down :( Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
