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Online documentary about tree removal to make way for Barton Place condos
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard about the debate raging over the 100 year-old pecan grove in South Austin that is being partially felled for the Barton Place condos.
The debate over how the land is being treated by developers even led to an indictment of the developers and Austin Java (owned by one of the co-developers and located amidst the chaos on Barton Springs Road) by musician Marcia Ball at Blues on the Green last week, which in turn led to a written response from Austin Java owner Rick Engel to Ball.
Well, it turns out Ball and her suggested boycott of Austin Java, which Engel said led in part to a 50% drop off in business at the restaurant last Thursday, is not the only one raising a stink over the tree removal.
A documentary about the tree removal is making its debut online today. According to a press release:
“At What Cost?”, a short film about the demise of a 100-year-old pecan grove in the center of Austin, debuts today on the internet. The film, by Tom Suhler, takes the form of an obituary for one of the 50 trees that were toppled to make room for the Barton Place Condominiums.”
Shuler goes on to say, “I don’t consider myself an environmental activist. I’ve owned land; I believe in property-owner’s rights. But once I started documenting the land-clearing I was surprised how much the take-down affected me and those of other Austin residents. So I put this piece together to try to resolve some of those feelings.”
Check out the film’s Web site here.
The truncated “trailer” of sorts is below:
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July 3, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
how gross! i’m so sad about what happened to the innocent trees!
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July 3, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
i hope we can do something about it.