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...editors: In an article on the Grant Street ash tree (“Cambridge Council Blasts Harvard in Tree Dispute,” news, Oct. 31), you quote Mary Power, Harvard’s Senior Dir.ector of Community Relations, rebutting neighbors’ claim that Harvard may bear responsibility for damage done to the buttress roots of the tree. Her claim is that decay had been detected back in 2004 and led Harvard’s “experts” to conclude that the tree was a safety hazard. We would like to respond to these somewhat vague...
...Core, but I really enjoyed it. I always thought it was a great idea, and many of the things I was taught there stayed with me, even more than many things I was focusing on at the time. THC: The Mayan myth of Genesis and their “Tree of Life” are essential to your film. How did you first come across it?DA: Well, you find those things with research. THC: So it was more of a means than an end. The idea for “The Fountain” was not born there...
Carol Bankerd, a resident of Kerry Corner, said the root damage was a result of Harvard’s failure to adequately protect the tree during construction of the graduate housing...
...city said the tree had to come down because of damage to its roots...
Bankerd has started a petition calling for "Harvard University to relinquish the lot at the northwest corner of Grant and Banks for use as a public open space" to serve as compensation for the loss of the ash tree. As of last night, the petition—which sits on the ash tree stump—had 134 signatures...