And three trees wrapped in orange nets are being given a shot at life.
Three trees wrapped in orange nets are being given a shot at life. Christopher Frizzelle

Good luck, trees. Your kinfolk didn’t do so well on that block.

Anyone else remember this big, beautiful tree?

Photo taken in May 2015.
Photo taken in May 2015. Christopher Frizzelle

Which seemed like it was going to survive the sidewalk project—what with that wooden box around it?

And which survived this corner-curb construction.
Even during this corner-curb construction project. Christopher Frizzelle

Until July 2015, when it got…

Photo taken July 2015.
…severed into slabs and driven away in pieces? Christopher Frizzelle

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...