Seagrove Market Trees Coming Down Today?

If not today . . . .

Bummer!
Anyone care to guess the age of those trees? 100?

really sad to see...

Bummer!
Anyone care to guess the age of those trees? 100?

Could be even older - "sand live oaks" are smaller because of the harsh conditions near the gulf. I love the ones right on the dunes with just the tops showing and massive root systems holding the dune together. Often these are hundreds of years old but you only see a few feet of the tops.

That's probably how those were on that lot, back when that lot was a dune system before cars, realtors and grouper sandwiches.

I am far from a tree hugger but the loss of these trees is criminal. Why couldn't they have designed a business that took the trees into consideration as part of the design. I guess they didn't have the room. Anyway, they've lost my business before they have even started, but so what.

Sad moment. Can't help but feel this way.

Last month when we were taking a walk to Seaside I saw all the ribbons on the trees so I took photos of all of them. It breaks my heart that they're being cut down. They're such beautiful old trees.

So, so, so, sad.

Last month when we were taking a walk to Seaside I saw all the ribbons on the trees so I took photos of all of them. It breaks my heart that they're being cut down. They're such beautiful old trees.

Can you email me a pic or 2? Mama Scooterbug loves those trees.

UGH! Why do developers destroy things that are priceless.

This makes me sick!

Would have been great if they had tried to keep those trees in a great courtyard or atrium.

I know construction around them would be hard on them, but they ARE survivors and worth it IMO.

Literally makes my stomach hurt just to read this... almost as much as when the clear cutting happened for that ill-fated Nantucket community on 30a.... time was, old established trees were what brought value to a piece of property.

Just drove by. Gone.

I am sick.................

Oh Mermaid, please post a photo for us...I had no idea they were taking them all down so soon. We should have a funeral...

I wonder if the people who are actually removing the tree feel any guilt at all about it. I could not do it. No way. Man, this is just so sad.

This makes me faint. That being said, what's going on there? Is Hotel V trying to become a reality?

The intersection at 395 and 30A really needs a hotel. :roll: No way it will be successful in this market. The developers should acknowledge the lesson learned by the NatureWalk people, as well as many others -- "Build it, and they will come." Uh, NOT!

I work there... it is true... there will be some type of nice bar and dinning place...... it is all gearing up for the hotel thats going to be there. its very sad i think.

Are you talking about the trees south of the Seagrove Market that were on 393 and stopped at 30A? The palms?

I do not blame the owners for wanting the "highest and best use" for their property. I know traditions die hard and change can be tough, but progress continues. All good things come to an end and all good things have a beginning.

Bulldozing dunes, polluting coastal dune lakes, and clear cutting forests are crimes - the passing of a Seagrove landmark and a few pretty oaks pale in comparison. All things in this life are impermanent.

http://www.sowal.com/bb/real-estate...-corner-30a-395-seagrove-market-location.html

http://www.sowal.com/bb/dining-food/45372-v-restaurant-coming-seagrove-395-scenic-30a.html

Thank you for your response. I am trying to orient myself to the pictures you provided. I think I understand the first and second pictures but I can't figure out the third one. I only come there in October and April. Someone told me last October that the Hotel Veridan (sp?) was not going to happen.

Isn't "V" also the title of a tv show about benevolent-seeming alien visitors who are actually planning a hostile takeover? I'm just saying. . . ;-)

V (2009 TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you for your response. I am trying to orient myself to the pictures you provided. I think I understand the first and second pictures but I can't figure out the third one. I only come there in October and April. Someone told me last October that the Hotel Veridan (sp?) was not going to happen.

It is going to happen. Click on these links below that Kurt posted above to read more about it.

Hotel Viridian on corner of 30A & 395 - Seagrove Market location

The V Restaurant coming to Seagrove 395 & Scenic 30A