Saw on the news last night that the big ponderosa pine on the corner of Salsbury & William, subject of Jeff Wall's epochal "Pine on the Corner" (1990), has been chopped down, the excuse the usual "stability" issues. All the trees that fell on people's houses and cars in the storm last winter have made the remaining big trees easier to get rid of--they're all potential criminals now. I lived very near this corner in a couple of places for a number of years & Wall's photograph (& I wish I could have found a better version of it) felt like a gift when I first saw it & still does, if in a sadder register.