Trees

There used be a very large Aleppo pine tree in a grassy area between the northeast side of the Computer Center and Speedway Boulevard. Then around 1990 work began on a major Speedway widening project which would expand the roadway from four lanes to six lanes and create the three UofA pedestrian underpasses. The 95 year old, 65 foot tall tree was in the way and had to go. To save it, the UofA dug it up and relocated it to a large circular planter just west of the Warren Avenue underpass over by where Eric’s Ice Cream was (now 1702) where it happily lives today.