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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Florida Avenue tree update

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So here are a couple of before and after photos of the Florida Avenue trees. It actually doesn't look too bad. It looks cleaner without the trees.

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This is the corner of Mary and Florida, at the Mayfair.

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And here is the front of the Mayfair Hotel, which was a big concern, but while the large tree was beautiful, this is not bad. The tree is here above, and gone, below.

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I have a friend who about 7 years ago, saw The Shoppes of Mayfair dumping palm trees because they were growing too high! So he got the trees and replanted them in empty spaces on the sidewalk, like shown below, you know, it was a big square box of dirt with nothing else. Now his palm trees are about 30 or 40 feet high. I was thinking as a joke to replant a tree in each one of these empty boxes on Florida Avenue each night, so when the work crews came in, trees would be sprouting up. But they probably wouldn't even get the joke.

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7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hahaha the second pic if you notice they had to put palm tress on the balcony to block light or for privacy.what a shame.the only thing that didnt need to be changed in the grove was the trees.politics suck and poor management is the worse thing that can happen to a community.HOW SAD r.i.p coconut grove

September 18, 2012 11:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why not just tear down every tree in the grove along Main Hwy and concrete it with green cement....no upkeep anonymous in gulfport florida :)

September 19, 2012 1:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great observation with the potted palms in the balcony. They should send the bill to chief tree hugger Sarnoff.

September 19, 2012 1:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

somebody should go to these sites and put flowers and light some candles maybe even a teddy bear and some ballons that will catch there attention.

September 19, 2012 5:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, those potted plants were already out on the balcony before the trees were cut down

September 19, 2012 11:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

actualy they werent

September 20, 2012 11:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those orange construction barrels do look a lot better than those stupid ole trees...

September 21, 2012 11:30 AM  

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