Musing on the way to an appointment

Large trees in urban settings fascinate me. If you were to sit and ponder the life spam of any plant in any environment ... Let alone one that dwells in a city . Between urban sprawl and unchecked pestilence , weather wrath and other urban hazards . These rare plants outlast most of what is around them. The tree that struck me today ( haha not literally) could easily have been 100 or so years old . It is rooted to a spot that has seen amazing changes in the last century .. From being a tuberculosis hospital, an asylum for the insane and feeble minded.. To a sprawling modern medical campus . And there the tree stands undisturbed . Kind of a neat thought for a Thursday