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Park Slope Has Unique Methods Of Christmas Tree Disposal
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jan 8, 2012
Modified Jan 8, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jan 8, 2012
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It may be too late to keep that sweet sweet mulch for yourself, but you can still drop your tree off to be recycled for MulchFest. If we had to guess which neighborhoods would enthusiastically participate, Park Slope would be at the top of the list. But Gothamist operative Kristina Monllos snapped photos of multiple trees sitting untied on top of cars, and one cyclist dragging the carcass of their evergreen down the street. "Maybe Park Slope families have no idea how to properly clean up after Christmas?" Monllos writes. And is that any way to treat a $200 fraser fir?
Are we witnessing a holiday-inspired brinksmanship of passive-agressive parking notes? Or someone though they could ramp up their resistance cycling without the Equinox membership? Hopefully this bicyclist was dragging the carcass to the mulching drop-off point in Park Slope, and not going on a hideous joyride to warn the other trees of what will happen if they stop smelling nice a week before Christmas. The Sanitation Department will pick up clean trees left on the curb (it's like "car" but with different letters) through January 14.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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