@#$%&*

[lizziebelle]

The office building next door (which you can see in this picture) has been tearing up all the shrubbery around it and its parking lot for a couple of weeks now, which has been very distressing, but today they *really* pissed me off: they cut down a beautiful maple tree that I've enjoyed for three years now. It turned lovely shades of yellow & orange every fall, and its pale green every spring heralded the new season. Now, I'm going to get pissed every time I look out the window. :P

Comments

[ami-1.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. : (

Sometime speak to ned_gasket about the tree activists in Portand. He'll have a story for you..

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I bet he does!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

It's so tragic when businesses do that with no regard for nature.

We lost three trees here recently so the city could put in a stupid sidewalk. I was very, very sad.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

They should at least be required to plant another tree somewhere else!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, I live within walking distance of a bus stop, but because there is no sidewalk, I can't get to it (I use a wheelchair, and so am below the sight line of drivers... I'm not going to risk my life motoring my chair in the ditch). So I would love if my city put in sidewalks -- without a simple sidewalk, I'm basically housebound.

But I agree with lizziebelle. If a tree must be sacrificed for the greater good, a new tree must be planted as near to the old one as possible -- also for the greater good.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I agree that if the sidewalk (or whatever the city action is) is for the greater good of the community, that's understandable.

This wasn't. Each business on this street already had access to their facilities, including wheelchair access.

The city just decided they wanted everything to LOOK the same. At least, that's what they put on their notice. It was to "beautify" the city.

By taking out what we already had in place, plus our trees, they took OUT our wheelchair access and they also left us with almost a foot drop from our front door to the sidewalk they constructed.

Several people have almost fallen getting into and out of the building.

A week ago, they told us they'd have it fixed. We have yet to see their contractors.

It's a very frustrating situation.

[sea-dark-wine.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of the last real office I worked in -- it had a big window, which looked out over a parking lot. Boring. One day a birch tree appeared in front of the window, which was weird since I was on the third floor. I had no idea they could plant more-or-less fully grown trees. The tree was there for several years and it was a delight having birds perched outside my window (one day I pointed out a woodpecker to an amazed co-worker who had never seen one before), but the tree wasn't doing so well, so after 2 years they took it away. It gave me a new perspective on landscaping, but not one I want to emulate.