One of the byelaws prohibits "people climbing on any wall, fence, tree, barrier, railing or structure without a reasonable excuse".

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Fortuny's family tree is reproduced on a wall at the entrance of the exhibit, and it is the fruit of this tree that so elegantly fills two floors at the institute.

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The initial request to fell it was made in 2006 by a resident claiming the tree was damaging a boundary wall and drain.

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