I recorded recently on the blog BIOSQUARE on the 23rd of June 2016, on this website, the rash of lost street trees in my neighbourhood, the constant noise of buzz saws etc. Here I am trying to document the losses, block by block. It is a photograph record. I photograph each existing tree, and the scars left behind by removed trees, which usually are indicated by a small sink-hole or pothole, a circular depression in the tarmac, a patch in the tarmac, or a stump. It can be deduced when regularly spaced trees suddenly show an unusually long hiatus or gap, that there used to be trees, but they have been taken down so long ago, the tarmac no longer shows a scar. Though my total tree plus scar count was 29 for one block, I suspect a number like 36 was closer. What the first block survey did was give me enormous hope for the rationality of my neighbours. Each street on the four sides of the block was planted with different trees. The two stretches of Harpephyllum (not caffrum, but another variety with round berries the size of cherries) showed much fewer losses. The other trees: Ficus and Brazillian Pepper, were the kind that drop a lot of seeds all year round, and this is what people have complained about. Keeping the Harpephyllum shows a desire to keep useful trees, though I do not know if this variety has edible fruit. Certainly I've been told by my elders they are poisonous, but I would add a pinch of salt to that poison. SANBI would be a more reliable source. The next block, block 2 however, had mixed planting and so few trees left that it was impossible to determine if a specific species had been targeted for removal. The disturbance of the tarmac by the trees now absent, was often quite evident. The choice of street tree with tarmac rather than open grass, was partially at least, at fault, but our pavements are so narrow that anything else would present walking problems for pedestrians if not very well maintained by house owners. As it is, the rugged pavements furrowed by tree roots make jogging impossible and walking precarious at night.