The marking along the top of tree line I did indicates that the trees all grew at approx the same rate, meaning they are the same type of tree.
Tree growth varies greatly with some growing up to 3-4 feet per year. Most however are 1 - 1 1/2 feet per year.
So I have estimated the story height of the Park Plaza of 12-15 feet. Meaning these trees grew about 24-30 feet from the time the BHO pic was taken to 4/3/2011 when the other pic was taken.
From 1982 to 4/3/2011 is approx 29 years.
So it would appear that the pic with Zippo in it was taken around the time he was supposed to be at Columbia. We just don't know who is wearing that jacket.
Interesting tree-lines. Up until today I never doubted that the image of zero sitting on what looks like the region of Bow Bridge with the lake and the Plaza Hotel in the background was real...they needed him in various poses to create one that was just right to insert between the Dunhams on the bench.
What you can’t be certain of now is, does that head belong to the body and the jacket? Maybe only the jacket is real...
Ask yourself, if that image of big headed zero was real, and it was him to start with, why tamper with it? Just to give us something to focus on?