The fragile urban canopy of LOS was brought vicious this weekend when a Vandal brandishing the chainsaw shot a number of shade trees along South Grand Street and other areas of the city center, according to publications and photos of the media Reddit And Instagram.
The Los Angeles police department told Times that he had no information on the destruction of trees, and an email and a telephone call for the city's urban forest division remained unanswered on Sunday.
Social media images have shown a number of trees that have been cut at the base, while others were cut several feet above the road. Some of the slaughtered trees were always connected to their trunks by only a bark or wood wire.
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According to the user of Reddit Tipsapmywipwap, each tree between the 1st street and the Wilshire avenue has been reduced. However, an examination of the photos suggests that some remain standing.
Instagram photos show shot trees at the Olympic Boulevard and Hope Street, Olympic boulevard and Figueroa Street, and Cesar Chavez avenue.
The trees are on the sidewalk in the downtown Sunday after being killed during the weekend. (CARLIN STIEHL / LOS Angeles Times)
A certain number of trees seemed to be a species resistant to drought known as Fig Indian Laurel, or Ficus Microcarpa.
The trees offer a myriad of advantages to urban areas. They capture the runoff of rainwater, reconstitute the groundwater and slow down streets. They also clean the air and help to cool the areas that are increasingly hot temperatures due to global climate change and the built environment. A study by the UCLA LUSKIN CENTER have found that the shadow can reduce thermal stress in the human body by 25% to 30% throughout the day.
Social media users condemned the culprits, and some noted that the cuts had been made just before the day of the earth.
“So, ecological terrorism the day most have their celebrations on the day of the earth? Seems very intentional,” said the user @ Janky-Ciborium-138.
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Others wondered if it was a big conspiracy of someone who wanted the trees that did not want to go through the bureaucracy of the city bureaucracy.
“Someone needed these deleted trees – either an employee of the city or a private developer – and decided that it was much easier than obtaining a real authorization,” said @ difficult_collar4336.
A number of trees have been cut at the base and others were cut several feet above the road. (CARLIN STIEHL / LOS Angeles Times)
Many have noted that security cameras are omnipresent, so video evidence should be available for investigators.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
