Removal of Big Pecan To Begin on Monday
Weather permitting, removal of the Big Pecan Tree at Armstrong Parkway and Preston Road will begin on Monday and continue
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Town Council: Bye Bye Pecan, No Demo, Tax Hike Planned
Highland Park town leaders expect crews in early October to remove the historic monarch pecan at Armstrong Parkway and Preston
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Highland Park Faces Decision on ‘Big Pecan’
The more than 150-year-old monarch known as “The Big Pecan Tree” has entered irreversible decline, an arborist says. Micah Pace
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Highland Park’s grand old monarch pecan has become a troubled tree — troubled enough to pose a public danger and
Read moreArmstrong’s Sons-in-Law To Thank For Landmarks
When the man who named Highland Park, John S. Armstrong, died of a heart attack in 1908, his two sons-in-law,
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Tree Lightings: Santa Claus Came to Town, and Snider Plaza
Children eagerly awaited the big guy’s arrival while Mrs. Claus indulged them with a sweet treat and posed for photographs.
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Holiday Events in the Park Cities
The Park Cities have plenty of holiday festivities to enjoy.
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How Do You Say Goodbye to a Tree?
The obit for Highland Park’s historic monarch pecan hasn’t been published yet, but the writing can begin.
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Highland Park
The town of Highland Park – and yes, it’s called a town, not a city – sits 3 miles north
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Tree of Tomorrow: Monarch Descendant Planted in Douglas Park
Highland Park’s Big Pecan may be gone, but its descendants keep spreading.
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Two Tree Lightings Return (In Person) Plus a Retirement
Tree lighting celebrations returned to the Park Cities in their more familiar forms in 2021 and gifted us with welcomed reminders and lessons: Park Cities people love Christmastime.
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