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Good-Bye To Old Olmsted Elm04-12-11 | News

Good-Bye To Old Olmsted Elm

Jamaica Plain activist Gerry Wright, in character as Frederick Law Olmsted, stands under the Elm.

Bid goodbye to the historic Olmsted Elm, which was cut down on March 30th after a 200-year life and a long battle with Dutch Elm disease.

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Now, the site is a national park and the once-magnificent elm is visibly thinned out and unhealthy. Supervisory park ranger Alan Banks and others at the National Park Service worry it could fall and damage the building. So Banks, who has been a ranger at the site for 20 years, is preparing to say goodbye.

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