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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

Do you know the story of how they got them?

Apparently, some City & County (for those who don't know: thats 1 
entity in SF, its the "City and County of San Francisco") employees (or 
contractors, not sure) took a series of chopper rides up and down the 
length of the state, and when they spied a palm tree of suitable size, 
they would make a not of where, come back, and offer to buy the tree 
from whoever had it.

Glad my tax dollars (or, my dad's, since he lives in SF) are paying for 
stuff like that...

Ian

ps: Isn't it now also something like Herb Coen Memorial Drive or 
something? In addition to being the Embarcardero?

pps: New Years Eve there in 2002 was crazy go nuts...i was 20 feet from 
a headless signal light (it was headless after people knocked off the 
signal and then swung from it suspended by the wires), and some ppl 
what climbed up on the lights that went out way over the street...it 
was fun


On Oct 17, 2003, at 4:11 PM, Scott Lundgren wrote:

> > Where is this?
>
> I bet you thought I was making up street named didn't you ? Since Steve
> mentioned buying tamales in the Mission District of SF, I referenced 
> one of
> the farmer's market also in SF 
> (http://www.ferryplazafarmersmarket.com).
> Sorry.
>
> > Anyone else think that the 100s of palm trees look really out of 
> > place in
> SF?
>
> Good estimate Ian.
>
> Number of Canary Island Palm Trees: 110
> Height of Palm Trees in Feet: 24-35
> Age of Palm Trees in Years: 20-25
> Weight of a Single Palm Tree: 20-25 thousand pounds
> Cost of a Single Palm Tree: $8,000
>
> - SL
>
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