Showing posts with label street trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label street trees. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Another year in Nawbany, and two more mature, living trees being felled.

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The Townshend logging crew was taking a break, and I turned to one and said, "it's a shame, isn't it?" "Sure is,...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Charles Marohn went to Paris and learned a lot of simple things that elude us in America.

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"I’m not suggesting it would be easy or straightforward for North American cities to become Paris, but as my friend John Anderson ha...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Aside from New Albany, "Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees."

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The pain of missed opportunities. Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees , by Anne Lusk ( The Conve...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

Yo, progressives -- sidewalks are a social justice issue. But we spend a lot more on paving, don't we?

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Don't strain your eyes looking. There were no signs warning of a closed sidewalk throughout the period of work, even though handicapp...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Seismologists record earthshaking Tree Board orgasms as Schoolmaster Barksdale's chain saw strikes again.

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It's been a tough week if you're a downtown New Albany street tree. When one of your brethren decided to strike a blow against ...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

Team Gahan's condiments are aligned and measured, and these trees likely are doomed by yet another non-transparent "beautification" plan.

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It's another backroom design contract (HWC?), another campaign finance-loaded bid (Allterrain), and another non-transparent Tea...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Come to Stump City: Yet another artlessly staged photo purports to show that Deaf Gahan really cares about trees. Problem is, history suggests otherwise.

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No single administration in recent memory has felled as many trees as Team Gahan. No single governing clique in recent memory has failed ...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Chainsaws are the soundtrack to our anchors: "How Should We Pay for Street Trees?"

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Don’t ask Jeff Gahan about tree canopies or heat islands. He can’t hear you for the pervasive sound of chainsaws. Yes, I understand tha...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Earth to Gahan: Street trees increase home prices, shade trees reduce household energy use, and these effects can be measured and expressed in dollars.

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Following up on Saturday's post ... Pusillanimous prioritization? Nickels and dimes later, it remains that we need HUNDREDS of tre...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

ASK THE BORED: Years and years later, finally those stumps in the verge have been pulped.

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They're literally on the verge of vindication. Or maybe this swing era song is better. We need change only one word. Grind me, b...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Tree-based sexism: "Decades of urban landscaping sexism are partly to blame for high pollen counts."

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Yes, of course I have a link to match the meme. Sniffling and sneezing? Too many male trees are (partly) to blame , by Aimee Custis ( ...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

ASK THE BORED: You can't always get tree stumps zapped when you want, but if you're a V.I.P. -- well, you get what you need.

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As we enter Year Six of the Chronicles of Gallant New Gahania, the perennially moribund Tree Board is showing a faint glimmer of life despit...