Auburn committed to making Toomer’s Corner ‘whole again’ with new oak trees

Auburn wants to make the famed entrance to the university at the corner of College Street and Magnolia Aveneue “whole again.”

The tree on Magnolia Avenue was damaged in September when Jochen Wiest lit it on fire.

With work to remove and install new oak trees at Toomer’s Corner starting Saturday at 6 a.m., Auburn professor of horticulture Gary Keever held a press conference from the location to discuss plans for the location, which also includes replacing the tree on College Street.

“This (College Street) tree was one of the original replacement trees for the Toomer’s Oaks that was removed in 2013,” Keever said. “It was a very large tree. It’s gone through a gradual decline since it was…