Trees were cut down Thursday morning to make room for the building of the new downtown Santa Cruz library on Cedar Street between Lincoln and Cathcart streets. The coming library will be housed in a mixed-use building with 124 housing units and a 240-space parking garage on the city-owned surface parking lot known as Lot 4. Many community members decried the loss of the trees. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Workers clear the building site on Thursday after the trees were cut down. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Show Caption 1 of 2 Trees were cut down Thursday morning to make room for the building of the new downtown Santa Cruz library on Cedar Street between Lincoln and Cathcart streets. The coming library will be housed in a mixed-use building with 124 housing units

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