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The 160-year-old tree that envelopes part of Central Park’s iconic restaurant Tavern on the Green in shade will be cut down after park officials determined it has Dutch Elm disease.
That’s a lotta green. Tavern on the Green is on the hook to pay a $30,000 tab to remove a roughly 160-year elm tree – as officials fear a lethal fungus could ravage Central Park’s greenery.