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After my initial thoughts of curiosity and admiration, I couldn't help but ponder how they now have to deal with a bunch of dead 30-meter tall trees in an urban area. Almost makes the landscape architect from the 60's seem a bit like a passive-aggressive practical joker. "Oh, how pretty! And this is the only time they will bloom because now they're going to... oh sh*t."

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They just cut them down in segments using a bucket truck to bring down the segments one at a time or use rope rigging and pulleys to lower them by friction hitch device.

“Tree rigging” is the term to search for. It’s generally less annoying to remove a century plant than a tree because there isn’t a huge stump or root system to deal with, and once they die they start to dehydrate and lose weight rapidly. The trick is to do it before they start falling over.

All trees die at some point. Poplar trees are super popular as urban ornamental trees and they only last for 50 years. Upkeep is just the reality of landscaping.

Well we're good enough at killing living trees, I can't imagine disposing of dead ones poses much of a burden

my first initial thoughts when i visit very big cities with dozens of skyscrapers is how the proletariat still deals with a bunch of millionaires and billionaires seeing the clouds under their hard work /s

you gotta go to Brasilia and check Niemeyer's huuuuge empty concrete/grass spaces on a city that almost reaches 40°C on summer and it's basically warm all year. trimming and taking care of these trees must be a joy

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