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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I missed it too T2...and we've discussed this tree numerous times on the thread.
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It never occurred to me that the tree ever made it off Central Ave. I thought it was trashed with the Arcade Depot to make way for Central Station. I also didn't know where it was from, although it was described as "a San Pedro palm" in one account, I couldn't make any sense of that.
LOL, you should have seen me frantically searching Google Maps around the Coliseum trying to find it. The placement is so grand, the tree's been rendered almost invisible, so different from it's former placement. I
should have known about it since I was 10 at least. One more reminder that LA owns me, not the other way around.
Maybe some of the other San Pedro Street palms exist unnoticed somewhere. Washingtonia filiferas don't get so tall that their age is readily apparent. I'd like to know who transplanted them to LA. Who was living on San Pedro Street back in 1858? When I have another minute I'll look for some early pix of the tree at Exposition Park. I can't quite visualize it's surroundings then.
That was a very nice thing
MR said about the thread and very true. Thank you both.
P.S.
This has apparently recently come up on Curbed LA:
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/0..._palm_tree.php
Is this photo on San Pedro Street before the tree was moved to Central Ave?
lapl via curbed.la