A gaint tree that toppled in K Street in Southie had neighbors eyeing the clean-up. Any excuse to catch up.

Neighbors look on as arborists work to clear the massive fallen tree on K Street in South Boston. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
A pickup truck parked outside 396–398 K Street in South Boston was crushed by the fallen tree early Thursday morning. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Neighbors look on as arborists work to clear the massive fallen tree on K Street in South Boston. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Neighbors look on as arborists work to clear the massive fallen tree on K Street in South Boston. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
The uprooted base of a massive tree tore through the sidewalk on K Street in South Boston after it fell early Thursday morning. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)