A tree grows in ...uh, the Bronx. But hardly in ideal conditions

[dianeduane]

Somebody call Treebeard, because some people need their heads banged together.

A property-line dispute between a builder and a lifelong Bronx resident is in an architectural stalemate - with a live tree right in the middle of a cinder-block wall of a new house.

...The city building code doesn't actually prohibit anyone from building a wall with a tree in the middle of it, but live trees inside buildings require special construction, said Buildings Department spokeswoman Ilyse Fink.

"The plans do not call for a tree in the wall," Fink said. "We're going to send somebody out to look at this."

Tags: tree, wall, Bronx, New York, idiots

Comments

[cjmr.livejournal.com]

Not sure why anyone would want a tree growing in their wall. Up through a hole in their roof, maybe, but not in their wall...

[cjmr.livejournal.com]

Having actually read the story more carefully, I see that no one really wants the tree in the wall. One guy wants the tree and the other guy wants the wall. Still, when the tree finally gets sick of this and dies, I wonder if it will take the building with it.

[syberghost.livejournal.com]

It's going to come down to the property line. If a court decides that tree is the property of the builder, it'll go down. If they decide it's the property of the other guy, it's going to be very, very expensive for the builder. He'll wish he'd paid the $20,000.