{"611645":{"#nid":"611645","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tree Splits Near Student Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0026rsquo;s a little less shade in the middle of campus where one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s oldest trees stood for more than a century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA large willow oak located outside the Student Center Commons split suddenly Tuesday morning, splintering off and covering the rest of the area with its branches. The tree had a 69-inch caliper as of 2016 and was in fair condition, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/carto.gis.gatech.edu\/gttree-viewer\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s tree inventory\u003C\/a\u003E. It stood 81 feet high, with a crown width of 87 feet at its widest point.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the pieces being a hazard in the immediate area and the tree\u0026rsquo;s integrity now compromised, Landscape Services notified a tree removal company, whose workers began the process of removing the fallen branches yesterday. Work will continue throughout the week to remove the remainder of the tree.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0026rsquo;s a little less shade in the middle of campus where one of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s oldest trees stood for more than a century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"There\u2019s a little less shade in the middle of campus where one of Georgia Tech\u2019s oldest trees stood for more than a century."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-09-19 12:57:53","changed_gmt":"2018-09-19 15:03:01","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611647":{"id":"611647","type":"image","title":"Willow Oak Split","body":null,"created":"1537362294","gmt_created":"2018-09-19 13:04:54","changed":"1537362294","gmt_changed":"2018-09-19 13:04:54","alt":"A large tree split near the Student Center on Sept. 18, 2018.","file":{"fid":"232848","name":"IMG_8281-crop.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_8281-crop.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_8281-crop.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1855341,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_8281-crop.jpg?itok=IxvwgiN8"}},"611648":{"id":"611648","type":"image","title":"Willow Oak in pieces","body":null,"created":"1537363725","gmt_created":"2018-09-19 13:28:45","changed":"1537363725","gmt_changed":"2018-09-19 13:28:45","alt":"Willow Oak in pieces","file":{"fid":"232849","name":"tree-remains.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tree-remains.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tree-remains.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1556466,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tree-remains.jpg?itok=cGR6ijWi"}}},"media_ids":["611647","611648"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/","title":"Facilities Management"},{"url":"http:\/\/carto.gis.gatech.edu\/gttree-viewer\/","title":"Tree Inventory"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"},{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"128731","name":"tree"},{"id":"117621","name":"landscape services"},{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"179140","name":"tree management"},{"id":"4755","name":"forestry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}