The ongoing saga of the Allen’s Landing trees coming down recently in bits and pieces — apparently the handiwork of an elusive Buffalo Bayou beaver or 2 — has come to a likely end with the non-rodent-assisted removal of the final stumps, Swamplot’s semi-regular Franklin St. correspondent and wildlife tipster notes. But life around the White Oak-Buffalo confluence goes on! Spring is here, which means the ducks have been out and about, while the cranes are busy pulling fledgling parking garage superstructures up into the air:

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The Houston AIA chapter is busily nesting in their soon-to-be new home on Franklin St.:

To commemorate the stumping, a few shots of the tree’s last days:

• Previously on Swamplot: Downtown Beaver’s Latest Arboreal Target Left Stripped, Gnawed Behind Spaghetti Warehouse; Beaver Behind Bark Bites, Broken Branches by Buffalo Bayou

Photos: Christine Wilson