Hollow Tree

This Hollow Tree stands in the Stanley Park, Vancouver. It's quite marvelous to look at and stand in. It measures 20 meters around. The city council for Vancouver voted unanimously to tear it down because it has become unsafe.   They chose to tear it down rather than spend 200K bracing it, attaching safety lines and hoping it wouldn’t fall and hurt someone.  A beautiful tree … gone.

 
Hollow tree trunk shelter in Lakewood Park, North Little Rock.
Photograph courtesy of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

hollow man: hombre sin sombra
hollow tree: árbol hueco
hollow promises: promesas vacías
hollow-eyed: de ojos hundidos
hollow: hondonada