Historic pine tree removal spurs neighborhood protest

Hillcrest treeWednesday afternoon ten Hillcrest residents showed up with handmade signs to protest the morning removal of a 150-foot tree north of Washington on Fifth Avenue. The decades old star (Norfolk Island) pine was a landmark that could be seen from Mt. Helix.
Scripps Mercy protesters

At the end of the day three local activists (Mercedes Bell, Mary Petruccione and Marilyn Mangion, at right) showed their dissatisfaction in a silent protest next to the wide stump that remains. Mangion had nominated this tree for protective status through Urban Forestry expert Drew Potocki’s “Conserve-A-Tree” program. In mid-July a hospital official had told her that Scripps Mercy was renting the house next to the tree for office space and that the giant pine would remain.

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