Branching Out Tree Care

The Hausmannian Building In Paris, Better Known As "The Melting Building."

The Hausmannian Building on Georges V Avenue in Paris, France, is called the 'melting building.' Referred to as trompe l'oeil (trick the eye), it's a mural and an optical illusion that appeared in 2007. The old building needed restoration work, but instead of contemplating the scaffold, a creative solution was found. Artist Pierre Delavie made pictures of the building in its original form. Then, the images were distorted by a computer program and printed on large canvases, which completely shut down the house's facade. Frederic Beaudoin pasted over the image of the foam cornices, and distinguishing reality from the picture has become very difficult, especially at a distance.

It was nice watching Pedro Castro work with my crew Nivardo, Cunningham Caleb, and Wes, take down a monster Deodar cedar yesterday. It takes some gumption to get up there and remove a large tree like that. Good work.