The new bus stop project includes new trees and plantings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Ingraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sustainable Tompkins" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:22 PM Subject: [SustainableTompkins] FW: Downtown Ithaca
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Byard > Sent: 7/9/2007 1:12:12 PM > Subject: Downtown Ithaca > Hi, > I am just back from downtown Ithaca having walked through the block of > Aurora Street closest to the Commons where several restaurants are > located. There are signs on every single tree on both sides of the street > saying that they are scheduled to be removed. (No date appeared.) I > think the signs are pretty new. > > I think many of us thought it was a pretty good idea when the city > announced plans to widen the sidewalk on that block to allow more outdoor > dining. However, if the trees are gone, the outdoor dining idea becomes > much less attractive. Plus trees provide shade, cooling, and all the > rest. I don't think I need to spell out all the good things that go with > trees. The plan might be to remove the trees and then plant new ones > which are better situated, but who wants to wait all those years for new > trees to mature, especially when it might be totally unnecessary. > > I have just sent an e-mail to Mayor Peterson and to all members of Common > Council urging them to ask the planners to try to modify the plans to keep > the mature trees already on this block. I urge you also to write or call > these people and/or any others you think might be influential in modifying > this project to accommodate the trees. Please also tell your friends who > might care about this. > > A pleasant summer to all, > Linda Byard > > PS I don't think many people realize that we also just lost an entire > block of trees on Seneca Street between Tioga and Aurora to the bus > shelter even though the bus shelter doesn't seem to be taking up an entire > block. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
