Photo Gallery: 100-foot, 13,000-pound tree delivered to Americana at Brand

The gold statue in the fountain pool points to the sky, seemingly putting a 100-foot tree on display at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A 100-foot tree is vertical again, as it had been for several decades, as a crane hoists it to be placed in the ground at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Kai McLaughlin, pulls the base of a 100-foot tree to keep it from swaying while being hoisted by a crane, with his father Kevin, and crane driver Pete Seanoa, at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Victor Serrao, owner of Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., use a tape measure to locate the center of the bottom of a 100-foot tree to guide him as he cuts a plug out of the base for the tree to absorbe water at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Kevin McLaughlin, of Maui, Hawaii, and Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., and crane driver with Bragg Companies, work together to push a 13,000 pound tree into the center of a reinforced concrete hole at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Americana at Brand engineers Willie Sanvictores and Alex Molina make a selfie among the green branches of a 100-foot tree being delivered at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

As he sits on top of the base of a 100-foot tree waiting for a hook from a crane to latch to the tree, Kai McLaughlin, of Maui, Hawaii, and with Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., counts, what he estimates, are 67 rings on a Christmas tree being delivered at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Victor Serrao, owner of Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., uses a chain saw to cut a plug out the base of a 100-foot tree to allow it to absorbe water at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Glendale Beeline city bus, which is approximately 60 feet long, passes the 100-foot tree about to be installed at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Victor Fujitani, of Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., walks among a thicket of limbs and pine needles looking for loose rope and dead branches on a tree being delivered at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A 100-foot tree is delivered at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Crane driver Pete Seanoa prepares hooks that will be used to lift a 100-foot tree into place at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Victor Fujitani, of Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., prepares branches beside a concrete, reinforced hole where a 100-foot tree will be installed at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Bragg Companies crane driver Pet Seanoa and crane operator Nate Jones discuss the logistics of lifting a 13,000 pound tree at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Kai McLaughlin, from Maui, Hawaii, and Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc, makes sure a strap, tied midway up a tree and about to be lifted by a crane at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Kai McLaughlin, from Maui, Hawaii, and Victor’s Custom Christmas Trees, Inc., sits atop a 100-foot tree being delivered at the Americana at Brand on Monday, October 31, 2016. A 100-foot, 13,000 pound white fir, from McLeod, CA, was delivered and installed in the lawn. The official tree lighting will be November 17th.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)