Closing Bell: Upgrade for Flushing Tree Plantings
Over the last couple of weeks, the tree beds along Flushing Avenue, which were originally planted a couple of years ago, have been getting an upgrade in the form of these belgian block layouts. You likey?
Over the last couple of weeks, the tree beds along Flushing Avenue, which were originally planted a couple of years ago, have been getting an upgrade in the form of these belgian block layouts. You likey?
WE got 3 new trees in front of our apartment building, however I called the tree people and they say they are not putting the cobblestones around the trees anymore as it doens’t do anything for the trees. I like the way they look.
Anyway the dirt is lower than the sidewalk and catches all kinds of litter. So the LL raided the dirt put mulch around it, lit still looks messy, cig butts there, garbage, no matter how much the super cleans it, a busy area always gets dirty.
I wish they never put the trees there, it looked cleaner and neater without them.
Maybe if there was some sort of fence around it as to not let the garbage collect there that would be good, but it would have to be super durable.
I mean, I guess…
The tree is small. It’s going to be at least 20 years before the blocks interfere with its health. And then, hey, they’ll be easy to remove.
9:13: My dog prefers the ones overgrown with weeds. Lots of yummy smells.
Been 2 years since filled out application for them to come a dig a new tree pit and install a tree.
Have old photos of the house and there used to be a tree pit there, but at some point it was removed.
How do you convince them to come out a plant a tree?
I would likey alot more if the City took repsonsibility for the sidewalk damage these tress and thier roots will generate. The Parks Dept goes around planting trees and says you can’t touch them. Then some other city agency goes around giving you summonses and sidewalk repair bills for all the lifting and cracking. Nice! Talk about getting bent over. Other than that, it looks OK. A nice 18 inch high little wrought iron fence around the perimiter would look better.
My dog loves the new beds….the new dirt is nice and soft on her paws when she crouches over to take a shit.
Although the after looks better than the before, it still seems lacking. The blocks reduce the amount of area water can infiltrate through, and the center is still open for weeds to grow back in. It doesn’t look like there’s actually a planting in there – so by the end of the summer, it will look like the before photo but with blocks around the edges.
Also, it doesn’t look like the blocks even create any sort of lip around the tree to prevent salts and other stuff applied to the sidewalk from running into the pit.
We just spent a day pulling out the concrete and blocks around the tree in front of our place and putting in plantings, so no, “no likey”.
I had the Park’s Dept install the tree in front of my house without the blocks for root growth. It’s been 8 years later and the roots are so compacted it is a miracle that it holds up the tree. But of course it does. But it really seems to need all the space on the surface to collect water.
5:38 – the city is trying to beautify the streets. what are you doing to further that effort? other than bitching on a blog about positive progress of course.