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Tree Service in the Rail District
Everywhere else in Frisco the tree is as old as the house. Here the tree may be older than the neighbor's house, and the one before it.
The Part of Town That Was Already Here
Frisco's post office opened in 1902 beside the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway. The town had 1,184 people in 1960 and 3,420 in 1980. The streets around Main Street are what that town was.
That history makes the Rail District the exception to this site's rule of thumb. These trees were not planted to satisfy a landscape ordinance in a single season. They went in one at a time over a century, or seeded themselves along a fence, and they have had room and years to get big.
Handbook of Texas, entry for Frisco.
What Tree Work Looks Like Here
- Large-limb pruning. Reducing long, heavy limbs over roofs and streets, and taking out deadwood that has built up over decades.
- Removals with little room. Older lots, older fences, sheds and detached garages under the crown.
- Wires. Older streets are where overhead service lines and big trees most often share space. Look up before calling, and say what you see. Work near the utility's lines is the utility's.
- Volunteer trees. Self-seeded trees growing in fence lines and against foundations, which nobody chose for the spot.
Old trees are also the ones worth a second opinion before removal. A large oak or elm on a small-town lot is hard to replace in a lifetime. If a crew recommends taking one down, it is reasonable to ask an ISA Certified Arborist whether pruning would do.
Parts of old downtown are being rebuilt. A lot that is being replatted or redeveloped is not treated like a settled single-family lot under Frisco's tree preservation rules. Ask the city's planning office before removing trees from property in that position.
An Old Tree Near Main Street
Describe the tree and anything overhead. An independent tree service will come and look.
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