Before is on the left, after is on the right.
Well now that certainly looks different
Not much in the way of commentary, just a series of pictures showing SW Lincoln St before and after the tree-cutting began as part of the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project / Orange Line construction, more or less taken from the same perspectives. As always, click for larger. If anyone really wants to see the full-sized versions I can provide them; I just did a quick and dirty 25% reduction here to match them to the “before” pictures without having obscenely large file sizes.
These next two sets are of that pedestrian path halfway down the street, where I think the platform is going to be:
And these didn’t have matching “before” pictures:
The bushes lining the aforementioned pedestrian path weren’t spared
Click for full-size if you feel like counting the rings
All things considered, “knowledgeable care for trees” is quite the euphemism for the recent work on Lincoln Street…
Camelopardalis
I’m happy for lightrail and everything, but this makes me so sad :(
Seeing that is so depressing… :(
I’m going to head down there and get a video of the destruction they did down there just because I want to see it for myself. Stupid MAX…
I was surprised by how depressing I found the change. I ride the 17 a lot and I didn’t consciously notice the trees, but I sure notice them being gone. Thanks for the post and pictures with the comparisons.