If a tree falls at Visitation site, will anyone be around to save it?

Neighbor wants to preserve some of the trees being threatened by a new school development at former church site

By Stacy Driks

Posted 7/13/23

There are a number of trees scattered around Kingsbridge and Spuyten Duyvil — exactly 3,184 of them, according to the city parks department. But one in particular is special than most.

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