West Enders lobby to protect 100-year-old tulip tree

A local architecture firm is taking a unique approach to protecting a tulip tree that’s believed to be Vancouver’s oldest deciduous tree: It wants the West End property where it’s located declared a heritage site.

Local firm Bing Thom Architects is asking city council to give heritage status to 1245 Harwood Street in order to protect the 100-year-old tulip tree that towers over the house’s gardens…

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Posted by: Yolande Cole, The Province
Date: June 5, 2010