They paved paradise...

Until recently there was a lovely garden here, in which you could see traces of what was probably a Victorian layout. At the street end stood a majestic tree, also dating back to that period; some new shoots are sprouting from the enormous stump and rootball now.
All gone.
Watch a 1969 BBC recording here, of a touchingly young Joni (bear with the inevitable ads that come on first):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-d-8_bvY

And here, a version from 2023, a fragile Joni in the audience as others perform the song during a celebration of her music:

https://www.pbs.org/video/all-star-ensemble-big-yellow-taxi/

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