The Alley Pond Giant
Today I walked to the Alley Pond Giant: A 350-400 year old Tulip Tree which is supposedly “the oldest living organism in New York City.”
Nestled on a steep slope near the intersection of the Long Island and Cross Island Expressways, the tree has survived because the land it sprouted from was of no use to the city that sprawled around it.
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- "Nestled on a steep slope near the intersection of the Long Island and Cross Island Expressways": https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-alley-pond-giant-queens-new-york