Adaptive Use and Re-useThe Edgemar Christmas tree contains 83 shopping carts, is 33 feet tall. Tree-lighting will take place Friday from 5 to 7. Photo by Abby Sher
If a Tree Falls In the City, Can We Hear It?A 100 year old evergreen on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and McClellan Drive, one block east of Centinela Avenue, in the process of being destroyed.Photo by Jim Goyjer
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