Closing Bell: Evidence of Damaged Trees by the Waterfalls
Michael D.D. White of Noticing New York has been tracking the blooming (or lack thereof) of the Honey Locust trees on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The trees were in close contact with the New York City Waterfalls art installation “whose spewing salt poisoned the soil and removed the leaves from trees and vegetation in the…
Michael D.D. White of Noticing New York has been tracking the blooming (or lack thereof) of the Honey Locust trees on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The trees were in close contact with the New York City Waterfalls art installation “whose spewing salt poisoned the soil and removed the leaves from trees and vegetation in the vicinity.”
Well at least we will not have to worry about the city spending millions to put them up again considering we are all now poor and will be taxed on the subway, clothing plastic bags and who knows what else City Hall can think of!
You people are crazy. Art is ART.
OK, I can’t agree with you more – those pathetic waterfalls were just weak – in every sense of the word.
What a fiasco. Scour the world and MAYBE you’ll find one or two people who came to the city especially to take part in the “Great Leaky Construction Scaffolding Festival 2008”. Those tourists that stumbled on these things by mistake mostly found themselves with a sudden need to go pee, coupled with inexplicable respiratory infections days later. Nothing like breathing in atomized East River water to keep you healthy and chipper. Art so bad it kills–you can’t make this stuff up.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for these trees. Many NYC trees are hardy survivors. Still, I went by to look at them several times during the waterfalls and every time I was stunned at how much apparent damage they were sustaining. Just looking at trees along the promenade, you could clearly tell which trees were in the splash zone. The salt-water sprayed trees looked like they were experiencing nuclear winter. As someone who appreciates public art and loves trees, I am so sad that this project wasn’t better thought out. It’s a shame.
also I have noticed that they do not all bud at the same time. Some, especially the ones in the most exposed locations, are very late and are still bare when their sisters already have baby leaves.
honey locusts are a very popular urban tree because they prove fairly hearty in the face of street salt, dog urine, etc… i bet these ones will come around. the honey locusts in clinton hill are only just starting to show signs of springtime…
i like locusts in general because the leaves aren’t hard to rake in the fall, they’re so small a small breeze does the work for you.
My honey locust is blooming. Not a good sign.
That would be a real shame. A honey locust near my place is starting to bloom now…
the waterfalls did do a number on the trees and shrubs along the promenade. I don’t think the larger trees were permanently damaged though. Honey locusts are late bloomers, people often think they have died when really they are just bidding their time. Give them another week or so. The smaller shrubs and trees are another story. Many of them are toast.