Beginning in the 1970s, it was protected by Hattie Carthan, who enlisted neighborhood schoolchildren to help raise money to protect the tree, which was threatened by the construction of a parking lot.[2] After the tree was made as a landmark, Carthan founded Magnolia Tree Earth Center, a nonprofit focused on urban beautification and environmental awareness.[3] The center is housed in the brownstone adjacent to the tree.
magnolia, grandiflora, brooklyn, this, article, about, tree, brooklyn, species, magnolia, grandiflora, magnolia, grandiflora, historic, tree, lafayette, avenue, bedford, stuyvesant, brooklyn, york, city, specimen, rare, example, flourishing, laurel, magnolia, . This article is about a tree in Brooklyn For the species see Magnolia grandiflora The Magnolia grandiflora is a historic tree at 679 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn New York City 1 The specimen is a rare example of a flourishing laurel magnolia growing as far north as New York having been brought as a seedling from North Carolina and planted around 1885 by William Lemken 2 It is one of two trees that were made New York City designated landmarks the other was the now felled Weeping Beech in Flushing Queens Magnolia grandifloraThe magnolia in 2009Location679 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn New York CityCoordinates40 41 26 N 73 56 48 W 40 6905 N 73 9467 W 40 6905 73 9467Governing bodyMagnolia Tree Earth CenterNew York City LandmarkDesignatedMay 12 1977Reference no 0957Location of Magnolia grandiflora in New York CityBeginning in the 1970s it was protected by Hattie Carthan who enlisted neighborhood schoolchildren to help raise money to protect the tree which was threatened by the construction of a parking lot 2 After the tree was made as a landmark Carthan founded Magnolia Tree Earth Center a nonprofit focused on urban beautification and environmental awareness 3 The center is housed in the brownstone adjacent to the tree See also editList of individual trees List of New York City Designated Landmarks in BrooklynReferences edit Swett Benjamin 2017 03 14 Trees of New York City The Countryman Press ISBN 978 1 58157 443 2 a b Magnolia grandiflora 679 Lafayette Avenue PDF New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission 1977 05 12 Retrieved 2020 04 28 Wedderburn Winton 30 April 2012 New Leadership at Bed Stuy s Magnolia Tree Earth Center Brooklyn Food Coalition Archived from the original on 6 July 2013 Retrieved 29 October 2013 nbsp This New York City related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This tree related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magnolia grandiflora Brooklyn amp oldid 1184831330, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
