Pioneer Square Lumber Co.

The P-I is reporting that the fight after the fight for the trees at Pioneer Square is for the wood from the London planes that were removed. Apparently they won't go into the fireplace of the mayor's guest cottage as we'd originally suspected. A developer (Smith) wanted the wood for trim on the waterfront street car shed that we can't believe is still being built on the edge of Pioneer Square. Another guy (Newsom) who has a business making furniture from "urban wood" had previously been promised the logs by the Parks Dept. Holy shit what's going to happen? The urban wood guy got the stuff because he was willing to haul it away yesterday.

Newsom didn't ask why. He was just happy to get the trees, and he hauled them off Tuesday.

"They're big, beautiful pieces of wood," he said. "We're going to be able to turn them into beautiful pieces of furniture."

After acknowledging his disappointment, Smith said he was OK with the decision.

"I just thought we could use them if they were going to go to waste. But it sounds like they're going to be put to good use."

So someone's going to be kicking back on a rocker made of 100% Pioneer Square London plane. Meanwhile, Urban Plumbing has told us that they've placed on hold our order for bathroom fixtures made from the parking spaces of Wallingford residents.