'Replacing such a landmark tree — one that had, for 144 years, enthralled and shaded countless Angelenos — offers the city the chance to consider what our urban forest should feature in the next century,' Kitty Connolly writes in latimesopinion.
People take photos in front of a statue of Emiliano Zapata, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, at El Pueblo de Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2015.
When that tropical fig tree was planted, Los Angeles was looking for horticultural inspiration that would attract newcomers, especially those from the eastern United States. Boosters used imported flora to give the growing town a familiar postcard-ready landscape. The evergreen and fast-growing fig fit the bill. A shipment of them arrived in San Pedro in 1875 to be handed out to anyone who came down to the dock.
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