Phyllis Reynolds - "I am writing for the trees along Burnside - the mature red maples - and the trees in the median - the mature Norway maples. I understand they are all to go and perhaps be replaced by tiny, slow-growing palm trees."
Please let me know where you heard this... All of the available documents that I have examined refer specifically to preserving the existing median trees, and preserving existing healthy trees while infilling with new trees. This is also indicated in the project diagrams.
For example, this paragraph (among many other notes about existing trees) appears in:
http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=90267
"The concept design for Lower West Burnside includes a 54-foot “flexible public space” on the north side of the street between West 2nd and West 8th Avenues. This flexible public space preserves nearly all the existing median street trees and provides space for parking, sidewalks, opportunities for public art and places for
special events."
re: BLOG: Smoldering Argument over West Burnside Couplet
Phyllis Reynolds - "I am writing for the trees along Burnside - the mature red maples - and the trees in the median - the mature Norway maples. I understand they are all to go and perhaps be replaced by tiny, slow-growing palm trees."
Please let me know where you heard this... All of the available documents that I have examined refer specifically to preserving the existing median trees, and preserving existing healthy trees while infilling with new trees. This is also indicated in the project diagrams.
For example, this paragraph (among many other notes about existing trees) appears in:
http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=90267
"The concept design for Lower West Burnside includes a 54-foot “flexible public space” on the north side of the street between West 2nd and West 8th Avenues. This flexible public space preserves nearly all the existing median street trees and provides space for parking, sidewalks, opportunities for public art and places for
special events."