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Red dots indicate which palm trees will be removed from Elysian Park<\/p>\n
Photo by Jesus Sanchez<\/p>\n
A stretch of\u00a0Stadium Way in Elysian Park<\/a>\u00a0between Scott Avenue and Academy Road is known as the\u00a0Avenue of the Palms,\u00a0where towering Canary Island Date Palms form a stately canopy and a popular backdrop for classic car shows, film shoots and Dodger opening day parties.<\/p>\n But about half a dozen of these 50-foot-high palms,\u00a0planted more than a century ago<\/a>,\u00a0will be coming down along with other trees in this and other parts of Elysian Park\u00a0as the Department of Recreation and Parks determines which are dead or dying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The department has been marking trees:\u00a0white dots for pruning and red dots for removal.<\/p>\n Palm trees at Elysian Park marked with a white dot for pruning (left) or red for removal (right).\u00a0<\/p>\n Photos by Jesus Sanchez<\/p>\n \u201cTrees identified for removal are either dead or in significant decline and cannot be recovered,\u201d said Rec & Parks spokesperson Rose Watson.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, the proposed removals are being verified,\u201d Watson said. \u201cOnce confirmed, the department will seek bids from prequalified tree contractors and proceed with the work pending budget approval.\u201d<\/p>\n Watson did not cite a specific blight,\u00a0but\u00a0The Eastsider reported in 2014<\/a>\u00a0that a\u00a0fatal fungus,\u00a0\u00a0Fusarium wilt<\/a>, had spread to Elysian Park.\u00a0The disease, which has killed trees from Spain to Santa Monica, prompted the nonprofit\u00a0Friends of Elysian Park<\/a>\u00a0to spearhead the planting of hardier\u00a0Chilean Wine Palms,<\/a>\u00a0Jubaea chilensis, among\u00a0the older and dying Canary Island palms.\u00a0<\/p>\n No dates have been set for tree removals,\u00a0Watson said. Park staff still needs to secure bids, approvals, and schedule the work with a contractor.<\/p>\n Sakae Koyama, co-president of Friends of Elysian Park, noted that the park\u2019s forestry department usually errs on the side of caution, taking insect infestation, disease and age of the tree into consideration.<\/p>\n Towering palms in Elysian Park, some more than a century old, are showing signs of decline as city crews assess which trees can be saved.<\/p>\n Photo by Jesus Sanchez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red dots indicate which palm trees will be removed from Elysian Park Photo by Jesus Sanchez A stretch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[27067,27068,9165,25396,27066,48,52,51,47,50,49,27065],"class_list":["post-39444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-avenue-of-the-palms","tag-canary-island-date-palms","tag-echo-park","tag-elysian-park","tag-friends-of-elysian-park","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-stadium-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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