Yes, but we'll be a long time waiting for any real shade from them. I think we undervalue mature trees -- and the ones taken out were barely old enough to be considered mature. They were finally getting big enough to make a difference -- and now we're starting all over again. I think Tony has a very valid point about the trees on Aurora Street. Having more place for dining with wider sidewalks will be nice, but who will want to sit out there in the sun on a hot day?
Joel Gagnon At 06:18 PM 7/9/07 -0400, you wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
