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[mmiller2002]

Overgrown or a maintenance issue, maybe?

[hannerhan]

This question was posed in one of the other threads but I can't remember which.  I assume they were chopped because they were Bradford Pears, and I'm hopeful that a better long-term tree is about to go in to replace them.  Timing lines up with the new Kimbell annex being done later this year.  The real question is why they ever put Bradford Pears in there in the first place.

[Tacoma]

I asked this question on the Kimbell expansion page. It looks like they took them down as part of the whole redesign of the expansion. They have now planted new trees in part of the median that match a pattern that is followed into the space between the Kimbell and the New portion.

[renamerusk]

I asked this question on the Kimbell expansion page. It looks like they took them down as part of the whole redesign of the expansion. They have now planted new trees in part of the median that match a pattern that is followed into the space between the Kimbell and the New portion.

 

That makes a lot of sense; the area is in good hands with the Kimbell at the helm.

[John T Roberts]

Also, that pattern between the Kimbell and the expansion matches up with the original planting of the trees when the Kimbell was built in 1972.

[hannerhan]

New (better) trees now going in on Lancaster.

[mmiller2002]

New (better) trees now going in on Lancaster.

 

how do you know they're better? ;-)

[hannerhan]

New (better) trees now going in on Lancaster.

 

how do you know they're better? ;-)

 

Because anything is better than a bradford pear.

[Lobster Eastside]

Bradford pears grow very quickly, thus providing quick shade, and are therefore preferred by developers; plus they are relatively cheap. 

 

The major downside to the fast growth, though, is that the trees are VERY weak and are easily felled and broken during high wind events and/or storms.  I've also seen many break and split from their own weight.....

[mmiller2002]

New (better) trees now going in on Lancaster.

 

how do you know they're better? ;-)

 

Because anything is better than a bradford pear.

 

 

We live near.  My whole family, once we saw the cut down trees, said "aww, they were so pretty when they bloomed."

[hannerhan]

Bradford pears grow very quickly, thus providing quick shade, and are therefore preferred by developers; plus they are relatively cheap. 

 

The major downside to the fast growth, though, is that the trees are VERY weak and are easily felled and broken during high wind events and/or storms.  I've also seen many break and split from their own weight.....

 

Plus, their lifespan is something like 25-30 years tops.  Go into some of the 1980's suburban neighborhoods like in Saginaw or Southwest FW to see just how ugly these things become after 20 years when the limbs start breaking.  They're trash trees.

[JBB]

Just to jump on the pile after the tackle, the upper parts of the trunks of Bradford pears tend to rot out as they get older, especially in our dry conditions.  My work just replaced a number of old, ugly ones with more Bradford pears.  As happy as I was to see the old ones go, replacing them with the same thing was disappointing.

[Stadtplan]

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Record UFC23-0189: 

Urban Forestry

Record Status: Pending

 

Project Description:

Will Rogers Sheep & Barn Renovation Phase 1 and Phase 2 Portion of required trees proposed on site, remaining proposed in other locations on Campus.