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May-June 2017 Davey Bulletin

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ADDING TREES TO THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE 16 The Davey Bulletin | May/June 2017 A high-end Manhattan client tested the skills of Davey's New York crew on a challenging installation with high expectations. The Alfred, a full-service, 36-story condominium in Lincoln Square, Manhattan, needed a courtyard landscape renovation to fit its luxurious appeal. "I've been doing this for 44 years, and I've never done a project like this," said David Vater, sales arborist, Long Island Residential/Commercial Services. Thorough and well-researched, Vater's client created a very specific vision for pleached hornbeams to be installed in a courtyard standing above the condominium's 75-foot indoor lap pool. "Pleached hornbeams are mostly found in the United Kingdom," Vater said. "They are commonly used as floating hedges within their landscapes." To recreate this decidedly British characteristic, the crew first had to find this non-native tree in the United States. Luckily, the sprawling Bold Spring Nursery in Georgia raises this rare species. MY DAVEY Vater, determined to find the perfect pleached hornbeams for his client, started his 700-plus-mile journey first by flying from New York City to Georgia and then getting in a car and driving two hours to the nursery. "My job was to pick out 14 symmetrical trees – with the same size, height and width," Vater said. "This took me several hours riding around the nursery." Finally, after finding the best grouping of trees, Vater once again made his way to the airport and flew back to New York City to start the project. The second aspect of the project yield- ed the crew's main challenges. First, Vater and his crew, including Charles Deonarine, Alex Deonarine, Ulises Martinez, Hanan Sorto and Steve Jones, spent an entire day laying The Long Island R/C crew (pictured left to right) Ulises Martinez, David Vater, Alex Deonarine, Charles Deonarine and Jesstin Smith. Lincoln Center, located in Manhattan's upper west side in New York, New York, is home to The Alfred building. The Long Island R/C crew used a 9,000-pound skid steer to maneuver 14 trees through a tight alleyway to the courtyard.

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