A big, old, thorny honeylocust tree on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago has a place within the history of modernist architecture and landscape design. How so? Professor and landscape architect Ron Henderson talks about the tree's relationship to Mies van der Rohe and his colleague Alfred Caldwell, and how the honeylocust became the feathery urban forest powerhouse it is today. GuestsRon HendersonProfessor and Director of Landscape Architecture, Illinois Institute of TechnologyFounding Principal, LIRIO Landscape Architecturelirio.workRichard PolanskyOwner, Hafs Road OrchardGenoa City, Wisconsinhafsroadorchard.comPodcast ConsultantMartha Douglas-OsmundsonMusicDiccon Lee, www.deeleetree.comArtworkDahn Hiuni, www.dahnhiuni.com/homeFollow onFacebook @thisoldtreepodInstagram @thisoldtreepodMastodon @thisoldtree@sunny.gardenWebsitethisoldtree.showWe want to hear about the favorite tree in your life! To submit a 1-3 minute “Tree Story Short” for consideration to be aired on This Old Tree, record the story on your phone’s voice memo app and email to:doug@thisoldtree.netThis episode was written in part at the What Cheer Writers Club, Providence, RIhttps://whatcheerclub.spaces.nexudus.com/about