Found this article about the last 40 acres of old forest in New York City while looking for use of the word “edified” with trees.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m3/siebert.html
Since the article is from 1999, the first question is, “is this still a thing”. Harder to find than I expected since google wants to show me the netflix show Hemlock Grove which is about a town in Pennsylvania, even with New York City in the search terms.
Turns out the correct search term is now, “Thain Family Forest”