56 Trees Chopped Down to Make Room for Fashion Week 4.09K Maureen O'Connor 09/10/10 11:28AM Filed to: Scandal Scandal Fashion Week Trees Parks New York Fb Fashion kills! NYC's Parks Department chopped down 56 trees and uprooted 11 more to make room for the Fashion Week tents in Lincoln Center, apparently. The agency's response: The trees were dying anyway, and they'll plant new ones later. [NYDN]