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| Pete Leki and his granddaughter Nicole Burris, 4, sit near a pile of wood left by a 107-year-old catalpa tree that was recently cut down in front of his North Side house. The wood will be turned into furniture for his home and the nearby bank of the Chicago River. (Photo Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune / February 15, 2012 |
February 19, 2012
He loved his tree.
He was thinking how much he loved it as he drove up to the sawmill the other day hoping to wrest some consolation from its startling, rude death.
He was thinking how much he loved it as he drove up to the sawmill the other day hoping to wrest some consolation from its startling, rude death.
He loved how his tree had shaded his brick cottage for the 32 years he'd lived there with his family, loved that it had stood outside the house for the whole century since his Chicago neighborhood sprang from the dirt next to the river. He loved that it was the tallest tree on the block, visible across the rooftops from as far away as Irving Park Road.
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