« Back to article: 100-year-old tree destroyed by developers is transformed into handcrafted furniture
Client Shannon Langrand commissioned the table as a token of her kid's early years growing up in the Heights.
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A tree controversially destroyed by developers gets a second chance as a family dining room table.
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The American Sycamore held court at a quiet residential corner in the Heights for more than a century.
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Claiming it was too damaged by drought and storm to save, developers chopped down the sycamore in June amidst petitions and protests.
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Jeff Kaplan, founder of eco-friendly home design shops New Living and The Green Painter
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