Lollipop Trees

[ADP]

I just read John's last blog entry and I think I'm about to cry. No more twinkling Push-Up, lollipop trees at the Contemporary!

I can't believe they will be removed for parking. Those trees and that walkway bring a smile to my face everytime I look at them. To me, losing that themed feature of the Contemporary hurts.

Maybe, just maybe they will replace it with something just as dramatic.

 

[PleaseStandClear95]

I liked Kevin's response about the first 5 floors only having a view of the Monorail.

I wonder if Monorail operations will have to change procedure as the trains usually test their horns by the Chiller plant which will be close to the new towers.

Nothing like a 5:30AM Monorail horn wake-up call.

 

[kab407]

I hope Disney finds a way to replant the trees somewhere else on propery. I would hate to see those beautiful trees just chopped.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I won't freak out until I see what they do with it...it might be an improvement!

Okay, lollipop trees have never been my thing...although neither has "contemporary" architecture.

 

[aprince&princess]

When you stay in one of those rooms with a view of the lollipop trees they look really nice. I think it is a shame if they change that area to be parking.

Do they really think they need that space for parking? They didn't build the new bldg in the old parking lot.

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

We always call those the "Dixie Cup" trees...I can't believe they would even consider removing them. How sad.

 

[Tonya2426]

I say we make some dixie cup popsicles and stage a sit in where we chain ourselves to the world famous lollipop trees and eat our popsicles.

(And for those of you too young to remember - moms used to take dixie cups and fill them with juice or kool-aid and freeze them with a stick in it for after school snacks. Tupperware used to have popsicle sets also that worked even better. What can I say??? I was a child in the 70's. )

 

[Minnie Lor]

I say we make some dixie cup popsicles and stage a sit in where we chain ourselves to the world famous lollipop trees and eat our popsicles.

(And for those of you too young to remember - moms used to take dixie cups and fill them with juice or kool-aid and freeze them with a stick in it for after school snacks. Tupperware used to have popsicle sets also that worked even better. What can I say??? I was a child in the 70's. )

I like your thinking and yeah, I'm a child of the 70's as well. I remember chocolate ice cream of some sort in the dixie cup ~ probably was chocolate milk.

I'll miss the lollipop (that's how I think of them) trees.