A stretch of Stadium Way in Elysian Park between Scott Avenue and Academy Road is known as the Avenue of the Palms , where towering Canary Island Date Palms form a stately canopy and a popular backdrop for classic car shows, film shoots and Dodger opening day parties.

But about half a dozen of these 50-foot-high palms, planted more than a century ago , will be coming down along with other trees in this and other parts of Elysian Park as the Department of Recreation and Parks determines which are dead or dying.

The department has been marking trees: white dots for pruning and red dots for removal.

“Trees identified for removal are either dead or in significant decline and cannot be recovered,” said Rec & Parks spokesperson Rose Watson.

“At this time, the proposed removal

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