31 October, 2012

Arbores Non Grata?

When Library Mall was given a make-over recently, several trees were taken out. When new pavement was laid, circles were left open in the sidewalk - presumably to plant new trees. I've been wondering when they (the city? UW? I think the area in front of the University Club is UW territory.) would plant saplings. Well, the answer came yesterday: never. Those holes were filled in with concrete yesterday.

That's a real bummer. College kids in 20 years would no doubt have appreciated the shade. What happened to the trees? Have they been permanently nixed or is that concrete going to be ripped up in the spring?

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