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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Artists and plan teams are being invited to taxable proposals to "continue the legacy" astatine the erstwhile tract of the Sequoia Legacy Tree successful Downtown Visalia.
Organizers are inviting artists and plan teams to taxable proposals for site-specific nationalist creation installations. The task is successful concern with Visit Visalia, Arts Visalia and Visalia Heritage.
The Sequoia Legacy Tree needed to beryllium removed aft the histrion was declared dormant successful 2024. The histrion stood astatine the country of Locust Street and Acequia Avenue, connected the westbound broadside of the Visalia Post Office. It was donated by the General Grant National Park Superintendent to the U.S. Postmaster successful Visalia and planted successful 1936.
The histrion covered astir 3,885 quadrate feet, with a circular walking way astir 102 feet successful circumference, which mimicked the size of the basal of the celebrated General Sherman Tree.
Visitors locomotion successful a elephantine sequoia grove adjacent General Sherman, the world's largest tree, successful Sequoia National Park, Calif. connected May 21, 2024. A probe squad inspected the 275-foot histrion for grounds of bark beetles, an emerging menace to elephantine sequoias. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Organizers accidental proposals to regenerate the histrion should bespeak section history, ecological consciousness and prosecute successful nationalist interaction. For much information, click here.
