This may look like a cruel act, but in fact, these trees grow back very quickly. Chopping them down to their base is often done by the council workers so that they do not create a problem for the overhead electricity wires or the upper levels of the buildings. They are also allowed to remain until the end of the summer period so that the shop owners can enjoy some shade. In any case, they are not well tended when they have grown, judging from the shape of the trees across the road. And if you're still wondering what those Christmas lights are doing, they're always up there; it's much easier than taking them down and putting them back up again.
The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece. The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Chopping down trees
This may look like a cruel act, but in fact, these trees grow back very quickly. Chopping them down to their base is often done by the council workers so that they do not create a problem for the overhead electricity wires or the upper levels of the buildings. They are also allowed to remain until the end of the summer period so that the shop owners can enjoy some shade. In any case, they are not well tended when they have grown, judging from the shape of the trees across the road. And if you're still wondering what those Christmas lights are doing, they're always up there; it's much easier than taking them down and putting them back up again.
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Wo, that is some radical cutting.
ReplyDeleteIt's important, when they cut a tree, to replace it with something green and not with concrete. We really need more green to our environment.
ReplyDeleteότι ανανεώνεται είναι καλό. ότι μένει στα χαρτιά είναι δολοφονία.
ReplyDeletewhen it needs to be done it needs to be done i suppose
ReplyDeleteI have some questions, but anyway... let it be!
ReplyDeleteIf those trees had legs you can bet they would run away and who could blame them.
ReplyDeleteIt's awful... lots of the trees that are planted on citys side walks are just not adapted to it... the size problem the most commune...
ReplyDeleteinteresting. it's good that they grow back quickly. wonder if they can be farmed for their wood...
ReplyDeleteWow! Hard to imagine them growing that much each season!
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