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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Chicago, save your historic trees

Hybrid elm trees that were planted in 1982, according to a neighborhood tree steward, line Palmer Square Park in the Logan Square neighborhood, July 14. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Kudos to Sun-Times reporter Andy Grimm for his recent front-page story “Can a tree be historic?” Grimm’s great journalism often covers some of the more “grim” stories, but he hits the ball out of the public parkway with this uplifting, how-to-improve Chicago’s environment story.

We Edgewater residents join the Palmer Square residents in our collaborative fight to save our historic “heritage” trees by identifying mature trees of 50 years and older. We have identified species and ages of more than 400 Edgewater historic heritage trees, which will be tagged and enjoyed by our students, seniors and future generations.

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