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Hangman's Elm

Hangman's Elm, or simply "The Hanging Tree", is an English elm located at the northwest corner in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. It stood at 135 feet (41 m) tall when measured c. 2000, and has a diameter of 67 inches (1.7 m). In 1989, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation determined that this English elm was 310 years old, although that was subsequently revised to "more than 300 years old".

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Built 1679

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