ecosystem
Jun 22 2009, Desh

Do trees speak or whisper? Have you ever heard them complaining about brazen human attitude towards them? If not, Katie Holten wants you to listen to how they bear the imprints of ruin. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of the Grand Concourse, a...

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